‘Expat Life’ Category
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Protected: Logistics
February 11, 2006 by Gail
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Protected: My Brain’s Full
February 7, 2006 by Gail
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Protected: Bullet Points
February 6, 2006 by Gail
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Protected: News (and finally, some of it’s good!)
February 2, 2006 by Gail
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Protected: The Plan Thus Far
January 24, 2006 by Gail
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On Politics
January 24, 2006 by Gail
I missed yesterday’s election in Canada, but I’ve been trying to keep up with the happenings through people’s blogs (because I loath advertising that much that I avoid commercial sites for even something as important as political process). I listened to public radio in the car but heard nothing about it there, and if it were mentioned on public television I was too preoccupied with Helma’s cooking last night to think of tuning in. Oh well… if any Canadians (or interested Americans, for that matter) want to break it down for me here or offer an opinion — because I’m out of the loop down here — that’d be swell. (Er, did I just say swell?)
And if anyone privy to my immigration woes is wondering if U.S. Immigration is as arbitrary as I ascribe it to be, I give you the story of a Vancouver native, Darren Barefoot, who was summarily rejected at the border this morning for trying to attend a Microsoft program at the Redmond campus a couple of hours south of Vancouver because they said he needed a WORK PERMIT. And if you think that’s harsh, read to the end of his post, where there’s another example of a Canadian getting rejected at the U.S. border, though in no way summarily (he was detained for hours). When I say there are no guarantees to enter the States, even under benign circumstances, I’m not kidding. Sure, there are people every day who get past the gatekeepers without incident, but it’s still very much a crapshoot. You’d think the next-door neighbours — the U.S.’s largest trading partner — would get preferential treatment? Nope. Even Nexus cardholders have no guarantees.
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Protected: Going Forward
January 14, 2006 by Gail
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Protected: If Only It Were So Easy For People…
January 11, 2006 by Gail
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Protected: Next
January 9, 2006 by Gail
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Protected: Immigration
January 9, 2006 by Gail
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