5 features of the American mentality to which you will need to get used

Communication with Americans is an inevitable stage in the socialization of everyone who happens to be in the United States. Even if you came just as a tourist, you can only feel the real taste of America when you start interacting with the locals. I will make a reservation right away that it is extremely important to understand the phenomenon of the "American mentality" ...

10 immigration facts you didn't know

The US has more immigrants than any other country in the world. Today more than 40 million people living in the United States were born in another country. This is one fifth of the world's immigrants. The immigrant population in the United States is very diverse. It is interesting that almost every visitor is represented ...

Ukraine-Russia-Israel-America: how I survived three immigration

Each country has its own signature fears and its discrete pleasures. The first six months in Israel, I honestly worked in a hairdresser. Precisely because at home I was qualitatively scared by the fact that "with my profession of a Russian-speaking radio host" I will wash the floors all my life. With ...

Four waves of Russian immigration: who are these people

It is believed that there were 4 distinct waves of Russian immigration to the United States. Let's figure it out when it was, and who exactly left. For information, we will use Wikipedia and some other free sources. As shown by the 2000 US census, about 735 thousand Americans indicated ...

10 states where the number of immigrants is growing faster than others

Everyone knows that the United States is a country of immigrants. However, their number differs significantly in each state. Cheatsheet.com has compiled a list of 10 states where the number of immigrants is growing the fastest. Journalists of the portal note that California, New York, Texas have always been in the lead in this ranking...

Republicans are proposing to cancel the Green card lottery

No sooner had the elders abated on the sensational immigration orders of Donald Trump, when the Senate began to discuss another news. Republicans Tom Cotton and David Purdue are proposing to reduce the number of foreigners who legally immigrate to the United States, writes reuters.com. The authors of the new bill stated that today ...

Four types of immigrants

The recent bans on the entry into the country of certain categories of emigrants, which even some legal holders of green cards fell under, gave rise to a discussion in the US information space about the advisability of accepting foreigners as such. Of course, it is quite amusing to observe such disputes in the country of emigrants ...

Trump Wall. When will construction start and who will pay for the project

US President Donald Trump fulfilled one of his campaign promises and signed a decree to build a wall on the United States' border with Mexico. Official information is posted on the White House website. Trump still insists that Mexico will eventually pay for the wall ...

How I handled depression in immigration

Well, that’s it, now I can write such a confession, because its time has come. This is the fourth year that my family has lived in America. In the city of Provo. This is Utah. The first thing everyone is interested in is: why is this state not the most famous for Russian people? “Ours”...

Changed requirements for photographs for a visa in the United States: what you need to know

The US Department of State announced that it will change the requirements for photographs submitted with a US visa application effective November 1. The main requirement, which appeared for the first time: it is now forbidden to take pictures with glasses. As noted on the State Department website, photography is a key part ...

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