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I too have over 30 years experience, and my resume is 2 pages. I paid a professional resume writer to produce it, and I compare it to my own resume before the professional and it is much better. Resumes have 2 different content, and perhaps it depends on your industry, I am not sure. My original resume was a historical account of jobs I had, and my assignments in those positions. The professional written resume focused much more of specific things I did in the position that showed I was excellent at that job. I would be happy to send you a copy of mine as a reference if you pm me. I am a software developer, so maybe it has no value to you as a teach.

Agree, but it doesn't take 13 million of them. I know you know. Young people used to have to go do all kinds of unpleasant jobs. I did. But it goes beyond paying more in the grocery store. Around here, it is next to impossible to find a non-Mexican gardener. And granted you can do your own gardening but when you are working 50 to 60 hours a week, it is nice to not have to do it in your limited spare time. And if a legal immigrant is trying to run his own business why shouldn't I be able to support that? Generally, you just don't ask. And generally you deal with one guy who has a couple guys helping him. Is it enough to ask the lead guy if he is legal? What is my obligation to ask his helpers? And they may end up doing the work when I am at work. How far do I need to check before I let someone on my property? Like I said it is not that simple. In my mind, your making this too complicated. Before you hand someone money, you must ensure they are legal to be paid in America. All the rest of their workers legal status is not your concern. And, your asking this as a 1 person to 1 person interaction, and I do not believe that is the situation providing the greatest percentage of employment. Restaurants, massage, farm, .. these registered businesses provide many more opportunities for illegal workers, and do it on purpose for the benefit of the company. An easy solution to both the small and large business is to make the laws severe, as suggested, but provide immunity from prosecution if you pay direct through bank payment. You see, then the banks can track who is getting paid, and opening an account to receive payment can be controlled to citizens only. The name, and account to be paid would have to match (as is true today), so all you have to do as a conscientious citizen is know who your paying, and what their pay account is. Certainly there are ways around this "Oh, I am Joe, but my bank account is under "Prez Obama", but willfully paying the wrong person removes your immunity. You can still pay cash, but it removes your immunity. It is the law, and just like speeding, you may not always get caught, but you are breaking the law.

The issue, or excuse, is US laws do not apply to non-US citizens. However people who are not US citizens, but that come to USA illegally do enjoy the benefits of health care and education. It seems that certain fundamental things like health, education, and family have been shown to apply beyond US citizenship. Perhaps, the judges will consider immigration denials in context of these other areas of the law.

My paycheck goes into 1 account, and my wife's go into a different account. The account my paycheck goes into is a joint account we can both use, her account is only in her name. We both have login to all the accounts, so we can see spending if we wished, and sometimes we review where we spent too much in a month together. She pays all our household bills from her account, and I pay our house mortgage. I guess ours is not AA, ours is wo chi ruan fan

I think his user id was 'a mafan' a headache husband I have not kept in touch with him, but its possible a message sent to his contact name will end up in his email. I thought he was very deep thinker, and intelligent, but didn't always get along with everyone else.

DanB, We moved more than 50,000 in 1 year and converted it to rmb to buy apartments in China. However, the 50,000 rule is correct, just easy to circumvent. We had my wife convert 50k, her mom went by with her residential card and converted 50k, I went by while I was there. It is not hard to work around the limit with Chinese family members. They don't have to touch the money, just present their residential card to the bank so that portion of the money can be converted. If your converting a million dollars, maybe you'll run out of family, but then just offer strangers on the street 100 yuan to act as a converter for you.

I once tried mailing one of our relatives a personal check. It actually worked, though it took almost a month for the funds to be available in China. If a bank there will accept a check, that would be a cheap, though long, way to transfer money to China.

linked-in is just business, basically your cv. It has some forums, but they are usually used for business type discussion as well.

I use linkedin, and keep it up to date with my employment experience. I get a call/email from recruiters about 2-3 times a month asking if I'd be interested in interviewing for a job at ... where ever. (I am a software guy) I tell people how to use it to their benefit often, here is my suggestion: 1) look for a company that has a job posted you'd like 2) Find someone within 1 or 2 references from you that works there, preferably in the same area. 3) ask for an introduction 4) ask if the person would refer you for the job. most employees get a small bonus if one of their referrals is hired, so its all benefit for them, and for you. edit: This means having lots of contacts, or at least knowing people who have lots of contacts.

credzba has no meaning, just characters that make a word, though it is the only name I use on internet, and so you can find other interests where I have posted using credzba. I am very cautious of my internet privacy, and I try to keep any identifying information off the internet. I am certain, somewhere there is a link between my real name and my Credzba name, but I try to keep that from happening. My picture is not me, my name is not me.

I like Texas, and LOVE to tease other people about it, but anyone who knows me, knows I have tried to leave Texas and move to Suzhou for 2 years. There are many good places in America, and Warped board lives in a beautiful state. If I could get clean air in Suzhou, I'd spend the rest of my life in heaven on earth, and leave my ashes there for eternity.

This is yet another thing you should learn about America ... Those that have it show it, others make excuses !! And, if you have a Texan husband, be careful ... EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas ...

I live in Texas, so I'll try to provide some explanation. Texas was its own country before United States assimilated us (wrongly in most Texans opinion). Texas was the largest state until Alaska was added, but Texans have never gotten over it, and they ignore Alaska, and pretend Texas is still the largest. Many Texans believe their state is not only the largest, but in their mind Texas is as large as on Doug's map .. basically all of the USA is Texas, with a few smaller states surrounding it. In addition, Texans believe everything that is in Texas is bigger and better than in any other state. His example of oranges as big as grapefruit (I think the Chinese fruit would be saying an orange as big as a you zi (spelling?) ), he is just bragging that everything is bigger in Texas. Trucks fall into this same discussion. Many people in Texas have trucks. The functional reason was to haul hay for horses and cattle. In reality few people live on ranches, and the trucks just act as a symbol of how tough and strong these Texan men think they are. Monster truck is just furthering that same discussion, they buy a regular truck, add HUGE tires, strong engine, and drive like maniacs... Again, bigger and stronger than everyone else. So, when Doug said he would go to Amarillo, Texas, and visit the north pole, he was implying that Texas is so large, the northern most point reaches to the top of the world. All in all, it is Texas bragging. Its done a lot, and mostly in fun... (Though I should tell you if your moving to America, and not to Texas, you should seriously consider not moving to America. All that is good, and great about America is in Texas ... the rest of those states .. not so much )

by the way .. sorry about your sister. Something you should know for Texas: (from here ) Renewing Expired License NOTE: The expiration date and renewal requirements for individuals 79 years of age or older are different. (ID cards for individuals 60 years of age and older do not expire.) Driver licenses or ID cards that have been expired for more than two years cannot be renewed. To obtain a driver license or ID card, the individual: Must apply in person as a new applicant at a driver license office, and Meet all of the requirements for a new ID card or driver license (including taking the knowledge and driving tests).Individuals who have not provided documents to verify their U.S. citizenship or lawful presence status must do so before renewing. (Some individuals who renewed in person after October 2008 may have already met this requirement.) and for the future, if you have your old license, you can renew it online (usually).

Everyone encourage you, and I agree. Like most things in life, confidence comes with experience, and you don't get experience from a book. One thing you mention, and perhaps I read it wrong, is "I would imagine that a racing car suddenly comes to hit me". My wife constantly worries the car behind her is going to hit her, and I can't even imagine the thought process. If you are doing what you are supposed to do: driving in your lane, keeping the speed limit, obeying the rules... The chances of someone hitting you from the rear is very low, in fact in 30 years of driving it has NEVER happened to me. If you are driving too slow, drifting into other peoples lanes, changing lanes when it isn't clear, ... You probably WILL get hit, or hit someone. People in America tend to follow the rules, especially related to driving. If your doing the right thing, other people will too and everyone will be safe.

THIS, exactly. I took a lot of grief for my wife studying herself to death, because I didn't know about this. My wife studied her butt off for 6 months, and passed the test. Then, one of her friends bought the test, studied the answers, and made a better grade after only a few weeks "study".

This is very common, my wife did the exact same thing. A question you might not think to ask is "When did you wife actually use her SS to get a job?" I think for Tsap it is never, and for my wife it was months later before she could find a job. There is enough fog in the move from China to USA that a few weeks really doesn't matter. Everyone is so used to mashing that "get the visa through the government process" pedal, that when it actually happens they want to continue running full speed. I believe the reality is 2 days, or 2 weeks, just after entry to US is not huge. It is something you, obviously, don't want to ignore as the government may well forget your wife's ss card, but it is also no longer a full court press to get it done asap.

We don't have set time period, but seems to be about every 2 years. We would go more often, but my wife cannot get off work. The cost of travel is not too expensive ( about $1,200 US roundtrip ) but 18 hours each way on the air plane is terrible. It takes a week or so to adjust to time difference. When we go, we like to stay for months.

I will tell you the secret to see the future.. Don't tell others though, so it will stay a secret. The way you see the future is to imagine how you wish it to be, and then do everything as if that future was guaranteed. Your imagination will become in fact the future. When you believe in the future you want, and you direct your efforts to the future you want, the future will become reality. Then, you have seen into the future. See, easy

Do you know where she sign up for it? I didn't know.

1) Don't know on obama health care, if you have a job the health care from the company is usually better and cheaper. If husband works, his companies health insurance will cover you. 2) The way USA retirement works is you get the higher of 2 things. a) Your annual wages earned over a 30 year period indicates a certain amount. Being 51, the most you could reasonably work would be 14 years (age 65), that would mean 16 years of zeroes averaged in.. your retirement will be lower, just guessing but think 1000 / mo. Link to Social Security estimator b) If your married, living in the USA for at least 5 years, you can draw 1/2 of your husbands retirement. The 5 years half of husbands retirement is usually the best for someone coming to America after age 45. Other notes to your comment. Paying into social security is not optional, the government takes (2% I think) of every dollar you earn for social security whether you later get to collect it or not. Investment is totally your choice, my wife and I decided we knew nothing of the stock market, but we like houses, so we put our money into houses.

xiao yan, My wife was born in 1965, and never wanted to come to USA. She only came to be with me, she loved her home town of Suzhou in China, and still does. However, after 6 years in America, it is ME who begs to go back to China, she wants to stay in America because of a few things. 1) At her age, there is no job in China, and she is not ready to retire yet. 2) As you said, the air is much cleaner in America 3) Daughter is finishing college, and wants to stay in America. All combined, it is my wife who makes me stay in America, I am ready to live in China as soon as she will go with me. Where you live in America makes a big difference. Explain this to your husband, and see if he can arrange for you to live in an area that helps to make your transition easier. We live close to Chinese grocery and Chinese restaurant. Even though we are not religious people, my wife goes to a Chinese church, and has met many Chinese friends there. Our house has Chinese music playing, no shoes worn in house, as many Chinese ways as possible so my wife is comfortable. It will never be China, but you can make sure that you get some Chinese friends, and food. Also, we have free phone to and from China. My wife can call home any time and talk as long as she wants, and there is a China phone number her friends can call her any time for free. You are young. If you come to USA, and get a degree in what you want as a career, it would be very easy for you to earn good money, and live a good life. For my wife, She did not have enough years before retirement to make the commitment to a new career. This is not the case for you. You have a great opportunity to do whatever you wish.

Here is a CNN link. I read 5 year student visas, and 10 year visitor visas, BUT that is the time the visa is valid before you have to buy a new one, that is NOT the time you can stay in the country. Each visit can be limited to a specific number of days. (e.g. 10 year multi entry visa with entry/exit time of 90 days. ) something like that. It still saves the hassle of getting a new visa every 2 years (that was my previous visa).

My wife is from Suzhou, and while that is not a big city in China, it is HUGE compared to Austin (where we live). When we first arrived, my wife asked me often "where are all the people?" As you walk down the street, you see no one, there are no bicycles, no humans. After a while she told me "I figured it out, they are all in cars" .. meaning no one walks or rides bicycle, all you see are cars, but the people are inside. Sadly, this does not help me, I miss walking and seeing people, I miss the street food in evenings, I miss having fresh food from the market instead of frozen food from grocery store 4 kilometres away (and we live close). I miss the dancing in the courtyard or park in the evenings, I miss fresh bao-zi. I am the American and I miss those parts of China, my wife has adapted to America, and has lived with all those things her whole life. She misses those things, but she finds other things in America to like, things I grew up with and take for granted. So, I think you will miss "normal" life when you move to America, no matter where you live, but after a while you will find the pleasures of America, though they are different. Just be happy your husband is not like me. My poor wife has to listen to me whine about America often, I'd rather live in polluted China than in lonely America.

In America, we do what makes our guests happy. Eating at our house your expected to leave shoes at the door, and everyone eats from 1 plate. The reason is we only have a few bowls, glasses, 1 fork knife, 2 spoons, and many chop sticks. We have no way to give each person seperate dish at home. Eating outside, we get separate dish at American restaurant, but shared dish at Chinese restaurant. If our guest are American, then at Chinese restaurant we ask if they want separate dish, or share dish. Many times, Americans are willing to try share dish, but we put spoon in each dish so that the personal chop sticks are not used in main dish. In China, I have been with my wife on many tourist trips, and we always eat out of common bowls. I never thought anything about it, I guess germs etc. just don't bother me.