Records of the author Alexander Rusak


After winning the green card: work on the bugs

In May 2016, I won the green card. Looking back, I see some mistakes that have turned into monetary costs, and now I will tell you about them. Everything is considered in the conditions of California, and in this context: a family with a 9-year-old child moves to the USA without a job, without ...


Moving to America: what to carry with you and what are the costs of home improvement

In May 2016, I won the green card and have been living in California for a year now. I have already talked about how I won the green card and moved to the United States, and what mistakes I discovered a year later. Now I want to share what to bring to America, except ...


A year of life in the USA after winning a green card: working on bugs

In May 2016, I won the green card and have been living in California for a year now. I have already talked about how I won the green card and moved to the USA, but looking back, I see some mistakes that turned into monetary costs, and now I will tell you about them. Everything is considered in ...


How much does it cost to move out of a rented apartment in the USA

New immigrants think that one of the most difficult tasks in the United States is finding their first home. But in reality, sometimes it's more difficult to move out. Firstly, a change of address is an important point that needs to be reported to several authorities, and secondly, for...


American job fair: does it make sense to go to the job fair

My seeking nature succumbed to the temptation to attend the event. A completely new kind of activity for me. If you believe the advertising flyer, then at this fair everything should have been very serious: come dressed strictly at 10 o'clock, carefully study all the companies presented at ...


Mom's experience: what impressed me about American school

I personally studied at school for the last time in 2002, and the school was in the Central district of Minsk - the capital of the Republic of Belarus. All of the following takes place in southern California, USA, in the city of Irvine. Before moving to America, I had never encountered ...


Personal experience: how to make a bank card in the US to a foreigner

We entered the United States on Friday, May 26th. Not yet three weeks have passed, so the social security card with the almighty SSN (social security number) number, and even more so the green card has not yet been sent. SSN should have been sent to the indicated mailing address only in ...


How to transfer a child to an American school

In May 2017, I came to the United States for the first time and won a green card. Now I am creating notes from a wild man who grew up in the center of Europe. When choosing permanent housing in the United States, we tracked the well-being of an area based on the rating of the schools to which it is affiliated. On the website, for example, you enter the address and...


Personal experience. How I won the green card and moved to the USA

How to win a green card for legal life and work in the USA? Actually, you just need to fill out a simple questionnaire on the site dvlottery.state.gov (it takes about five minutes). This is exactly what I did. In my case, the hardest part of all of this is to take a photo. After all, it must be put on ...

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