5 tips for those who want to travel to the USA on the Work & Travel program

The Work and Travel exchange program lasts from two to four months. During this time, students live, work and practice English in the United States. What should be prepared in advance, and why shouldn't you worry at all - tell the participants of the 2017 program. Prepare for an interview at the embassy Alina Khairullina, 1st year UrFU, Yekaterinburg. Works…

Personal experience. How to wash a car in America

In Ukraine, everything was simple - there are enough car washes, you can wash your car anywhere, even in the yard. You can pay 130 UAH. and get a comprehensive car wash. Here everything is a little different ... To begin with, the statement “in the USA without a car, anywhere” is absolutely true. You…

What shocked and surprised Russian tourists in the US

This summer, Russian Zhora visited Los Angeles (California) and Vegas (Nevada). He flew over the hill not as a tourist and not on a work visa. Having his own small dance show in Russia, he decided to see how his talent would be appreciated in America: “It’s just...

How to find a good job in the USA: stories and advice of our people

America is a land of opportunity, and people from all over the world are striving to get into the country to build their careers. But in practice, finding a good job in America can be tricky. ForumDaily has collected several stories from our people about how ...

How to move to America and at one moment find everything

“Любовь надо выстрадать”, “большие деньги  зарабатываются годами”,”сверх-результат = сверх-усилия”, — вот далеко не полный список внутренних убеждений, точнее “тараканов”, с которыми я переезжала из Москвы в Нью-Йорк ровно 2 года назад. Переезжала одна. С большими амбициями, грандиозными планами на будущее…

How to quit a good job and get a scholarship to study in the US

Since childhood, I was fond of everything related to computers, but the Unified State Exam in mathematics discouraged me from studying a technical specialty, and I went to political science at MGIMO, after which I began a successful career in public relations. At some point, I realized that I wanted to develop in another area, and in 2014 I decided to enter the United States to study Data Science. ...

What did it cost to fight for the green card for so long

Do you want to live in another country, but do not know how to do it? Perhaps, as in a bearded joke, it is worth buying a lottery ticket. As part of a series of materials about fellow citizens who moved to live abroad, Lenta.ru publishes a story by Maria Popova, whose family moved from Yekaterinburg to ...

How we got to the emergency room in the USA. Personal experience

Recently my son Oscar and I played Russian roulette with American medicine. Translated into Russian, this means that we visited the emergency room in a hospital (emergency room). I have repeatedly heard stories of Russian-speaking immigrants who preferred to endure pain, to turn ...

What I learned about medicine in the United States when I got insurance

There are many myths about American insurance. I remember the three of us walking in a southern Ukrainian city and hotly discussing something that we had never encountered in general. It is clear that everyone knows that it is expensive (especially dentistry), everyone had different impressions about ...

6 main lessons I learned from life in America

Living in a foreign country is like accelerated training with daily exams. At first it is difficult, and then you yourself wonder how much I learned and understood in a relatively short time. Today I will tell you what I learned in America. 1.…

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