Need advice on moving to the US

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy

I didnt laugh at all. Canadians' laugh at American ignorance and arrogance all the time. Comments like that really make Canadians' look terrible and makes you wonder who really is being ignorant and arrogant - even in jest.

Painting something with such a wide brush is dangerous - and it wasnt even relevant to the thread.

Wow. Am I the only on who laughed at his joke? I feel like such a neanderthal.

[burn_baby_burn]

Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy

I didnt laugh at all. Canadians' laugh at American ignorance and arrogance all the time. Comments like that really make Canadians' look terrible and makes you wonder who really is being ignorant and arrogant - even in jest.

Painting something with such a wide brush is dangerous - and it wasnt even relevant to the thread.

Of course Rerun thinks its funny. He's on another thread right now calling muslims all sorts of nice things. What do you expect from a guy like that?

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn

Of course Rerun thinks its funny. He's on another thread right now calling muslims all sorts of nice things. What do you expect from a guy like that?

Don't forget about the bad things I said about Torontonians in this thread...
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=41295

I like to spread it around... equality for everybody.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy

I didnt laugh at all. Canadians' laugh at American ignorance and arrogance all the time. Comments like that really make Canadians' look terrible and makes you wonder who really is being ignorant and arrogant - even in jest.

Painting something with such a wide brush is dangerous - and it wasnt even relevant to the thread.

Of course it's a wide brush, we in Canada, get painted with it a lot of times. Don't get your panties in a knot, not being able to laugh at yourself only adds to your reputation.

[ken0042]

OK, let's keep this on topic folks.

[SpitFire40]

Reading LAFF's story makes me glad I've got U.S. citizenship by default.. Dad's American.

Took me half an hour to apply for my passport and social security #

[soulchoice]

Wow, thanks for all the replies and info so far guys and gals, much appreciated. I will be pm ing some of you for more particular details as well.

Here is some info on my background, in addition I will put some info for a cousin of mine whom wants to head south as well.

I have my commerce degree, major marketing, with 8 plus years of territory management work experience. I do have access to some funds that would allow myself to open up a small business perhaps if need be as well.

My cousin doesnt have a degree, so I would assume that it may be a little more difficult for him to move south.

[Lanny_MacDonald]

^^^ I have your solution. Should work for both of you.

[Clever_Iggy]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

Of course it's a wide brush, we in Canada, get painted with it a lot of times. Don't get your panties in a knot, not being able to laugh at yourself only adds to your reputation.

Haha. Im Canadian buddy. I go to school in the US.

[Tilley]

You got through the grinder in three months after JUST getting married? Wow on all accounts. It takes longer than that to run a background check on most people. How did you accomplish that?

I didn't go through a lawyer and did all the paperwork myself. It was a matter of having every piece of documentation they required and throwing in a couple of extra copies just in case.
At my interview the officer suggested that since I didn't have a criminal record of any kind it definitely helped with the background checks.

I couldn't work while the process was taking place so I spent a lot of time visiting with immigration officers in Omaha. I think the constant badgering might have helped as well.