A blog about experiences navigating adulthood
I am currently on a green card, so this is the last blog as part of my U.S. immigration series. Once I get U.S. citizenship, I will add another blog about the naturalization process. I will share how I obtained an employment-based green card in this blog. I will explain a green card, how to…
This is the fourth blog as part of my U.S. Immigration journey series. In this blog, I will share about the H-1B Visa, i.e., what H-1B Visa is, its benefits, obtaining the H-1B Visa, the H-1B Visa quota and cap system, transferring the H-1B Visa, renewing and extending the H-1B Visa, etc. According to DOL,…
Welcome to blog #3 for my U.S. Immigration journey series. For this blog, I will share how I obtained the Optional Practical Training (OPT) work authorization. I will include what OPT is, how I obtained the OPT, eligibility for OPT, rules and regulations pertaining to OPT, OPT tips, OPT jobs, staying in the U.S. after…
Several times I have been encouraged to do something because I saw someone I identified with doing what I aimed to achieve, which motivated me to attain the same goal. I recently saw Gabriel Iglesias’ Netflix comedy stand-up special “Stadium Fluffy,” in which Gabriel claimed that he persuaded himself that if Kevin Hart could perform…
Like most international and first-generation students studying and working in the United States, I had to independently navigate and figure out a lot of “firsts” in my college and post-college journey. Through trial and error, I struggled through questions such as “How does one do ABC in the USA?” or “How does one navigate XYZ…
There are a lot of new and shiny things a person immigrating from a developing country will encounter in the U.S. One of those shiny things is a credit card. When I came to the U.S. I was warned to never use credit cards. Coming from a cash-based society, the fear was I would misuse…
In my last blog, Coming to America for Undergrad: Persie Edition, I walked through how I applied for and got into a top college in the United States as an international student. Although my goal was (and still is) to ultimately work in global health with underserved communities in the developing world, I knew that…
