Written by author Irina Schiller
If you are in danger in your home country, or you feel a real fear of persecution in the future, then this is one of the reasons for applying for political asylum from the government of the United States of America. Only a few understand what this procedure is, with what ...
Marriage to a U.S. citizen does not automatically qualify foreign spouses for a green card. To do this, there are several more steps to be taken - and it is important not to make mistakes at each of them. Applications for green cards based on marriage are carefully reviewed...
Although many people think of big cities like New York, Chicago or Los Angeles when they hear the word “USA,” the vast majority of the country’s residents live in what is known as single-story America. Therefore, the author of the blog “Elena in America” on Yandex.Zen decided to tell what it’s like to live in a “dormitory” town for 15...
Author of the channel “Americano | Americano" on Yandex.Zen spoke about American laws regarding alcohol, which surprised him after moving to the United States. Next - from the first person. After moving to the USA, I was constantly surprised by local laws, customs and traditions, but this...
Let's imagine a typical working day in an American office, Englishdom suggests. During the working day, you can hear a lot of funny phrases. For example, a top manager might reassure their subordinates like this: “It's no use crying over spilled milk. Today we can still achieve great success! ”...
Corvalol or validol, ivy or plantain syrup, herbal tinctures - these medicinal products familiar to Russian-speaking immigrants cannot be found in American pharmacies, only in specialized ones. And there are many of them in the USA. According to statistics, for every 1000 US residents there are 40 pharmacies.…
Street, avenue, lane, court, drive are just a few subtypes of streets that are found in the United States. How to understand what is what, and why the road on which your house is located is called a boulevard and not an avenue, for example? The author of the channel tells ...
The list of English phrasal verbs contains the verb break. This verb, being irregular (break-broke-broken), is one of the most common verbs in use in the English language, writes Engblog. In addition to its main meanings "to break, part, break", as a phrasal verb, this verb also has ...
Without air traffic controllers, airline pilots would be flying blind. Reader's Digest reveals the secrets that only these professionals know. Air traffic controllers are not the ones who wave their arms on the runway. The people who control traffic on the runway are called ramp controllers. Air traffic controllers (ATD)…
With the growing popularity of working from home, more people want to free themselves from the career race, stop commuting and stop working for someone else - all with the goal of becoming their own boss. But in all this...