Employment in Austria?
Hi, Can anyone tell me how the employment status in Austria is right now, and how easy it is for a foreigner to find work there? Like, what are some required job positions, etc? Sites would be helpful too... Thanks very much.
Other - Europe - 1 Answers
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Hi, I found that sites and My advice to learn German Language is more important, unless know it, http://www.aboutaustria.org/living/working-in-austria.htm http://www.jobsinaustria.at/ Regards
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
What is the best or easiest way to obtain a green card
What is the best or easiest way to obtain a green card?
My boyfriend is Austrian and has lived in the U.S. for the past 6 years. He has recently been sent back to Austria for some reason. He is working on getting a green card but there are a few different methods of getting one. If anyone has any suggestions on which one would be best, please let me know. Thanks, ~Jeannie
Immigration - 6 Answers
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There are too many to count. Of course if he was "sent back" by the US Government for overstaying his visa then he's barred for ten years and you may have to rejoin him in Austria. Or the UK. Or Canada. Otherwise there's the visa lottery; or if he becomes a minister of religion he can get a green card easily that way. Or an I visa (journalist for a recognized news outlet). Marriage is the next easiest. A diplomatic or government visa to work at his consulate or at the UN or another international organization is nice. Or secondment by an international firm, although that takes time it's a lot less time than a green card.
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If he's been here 6 years, and has a clean record while here, there is a preferred alien status to apply for. It still has to be approved by INS, but it could help things move faster. The only other way is to marry the guy. "Sweetheart visa" may be another avenue.
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you can marry him, but here's the thing, i know that the us embassy in japan makes it fast and easy to get a green card. you don't apply here in the states, you go to the actual embassy in that country. it's a lot of paperwork, but it's really fast (this is based off of the us embassy in japan)
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get married is your best bet
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Have him get an american girl pregnant. It's surefire 100% way to get him in the country indefinately. He's the father of an American so he's entitled to be with is offsprint in America. If you don't want to have his child (or someone else doesn't) then he can just apply and wait forever.
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Too many choices, but most of them take a long time to get resolved. For starters, if he was sent back to Austria by the US HLS, then he is banned to enter the country for the next 10 years. Nothing to do about it, but to wait. Even if you marry him overseas, or you petition him under a Fiance K-1 visa, he would not be able to enter the country. If he is not in this position, your best bet is to have him try to come with a Fiance K-1 VISA, or if you marry him overseas, then you will have to start a Spousal petition procedure. Fiances can visit or live with their partners using a K-1 visa and can remain in the United States as long they observe a good social status. K-1 and Spousal petitons are time-consuming procedures and it will require lots of patience on your and his end. There are 2 basic steps to getting a K-1 visa. The 1st one is the petition, which is completed by the U.S. citizen, the 2nd step is the application which is the foreign citizen’s request for a K-1 visa stamp at their home country's U.S. consulate. Much of the fiance visa processing takes place at the U.S. consulate abroad. If ya'll not sure about tying the knot yet, then your second best bet is a F-1 student Visa. I met lot of foreigners in the MBA program at the University of Phoenix on this status, but I met also a bunch of foreigners in our local community college. If he goes on this venue, he can go for 2 years, and depending on his education, he can get a masters degree or an Associate's degree. After graduating he can apply for a job within the USA. The potential employer will issue a Help Wanted ad in 3 of the most well known employment newspapers (including the internet) to make sure that there not any Americans available to fill that position. If after a 30 days nobody meets the criteria, your boyfriend can be hired. He will be issued a work permit and his visa will change to H-1B. His employer would have to renew his work permit every year for the 3 years. On the fourth year he could not renew his work permit but he would have to apply for a permanent redidenceship. There are 98% chances he will get it. If he changes jobs before the fourth year, he will have to go throught the hiring process again with his new potential employer, but he would not have to start all over the 4th year waiting period. To get a F-1 student visa he needs to be accepted in a US acredited school. The school will send him a I-20 form notifying he has been accepted into their program. Before the school sends the I-20 form, he needs to prove that he has enough funds to support himself for the first 2 semesters. About $19K US will do it. He does not have to show this in cash, but showing that he have reliable sources where this money would come from (e.g. Loans, credit cards, properties, Health insurance contract and sponsorship agreements from relatives and significant others). Here is where your help comes handy. You can send a letter stating that you are going to sponsor him for as much as you pay in rent or mortgage and food expenses, since is very likely he will be living under your roof. Your living expenses could amount about $12K or more, depending on where you live and he can show that amount as part of his resources. NOTE: Students under M visas cannot undergo this process to become residents. Any way you go, it would take a long time, but these two choices are the fastest ones. Good luck.
My boyfriend is Austrian and has lived in the U.S. for the past 6 years. He has recently been sent back to Austria for some reason. He is working on getting a green card but there are a few different methods of getting one. If anyone has any suggestions on which one would be best, please let me know. Thanks, ~Jeannie
Immigration - 6 Answers
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1 :
There are too many to count. Of course if he was "sent back" by the US Government for overstaying his visa then he's barred for ten years and you may have to rejoin him in Austria. Or the UK. Or Canada. Otherwise there's the visa lottery; or if he becomes a minister of religion he can get a green card easily that way. Or an I visa (journalist for a recognized news outlet). Marriage is the next easiest. A diplomatic or government visa to work at his consulate or at the UN or another international organization is nice. Or secondment by an international firm, although that takes time it's a lot less time than a green card.
2 :
If he's been here 6 years, and has a clean record while here, there is a preferred alien status to apply for. It still has to be approved by INS, but it could help things move faster. The only other way is to marry the guy. "Sweetheart visa" may be another avenue.
3 :
you can marry him, but here's the thing, i know that the us embassy in japan makes it fast and easy to get a green card. you don't apply here in the states, you go to the actual embassy in that country. it's a lot of paperwork, but it's really fast (this is based off of the us embassy in japan)
4 :
get married is your best bet
5 :
Have him get an american girl pregnant. It's surefire 100% way to get him in the country indefinately. He's the father of an American so he's entitled to be with is offsprint in America. If you don't want to have his child (or someone else doesn't) then he can just apply and wait forever.
6 :
Too many choices, but most of them take a long time to get resolved. For starters, if he was sent back to Austria by the US HLS, then he is banned to enter the country for the next 10 years. Nothing to do about it, but to wait. Even if you marry him overseas, or you petition him under a Fiance K-1 visa, he would not be able to enter the country. If he is not in this position, your best bet is to have him try to come with a Fiance K-1 VISA, or if you marry him overseas, then you will have to start a Spousal petition procedure. Fiances can visit or live with their partners using a K-1 visa and can remain in the United States as long they observe a good social status. K-1 and Spousal petitons are time-consuming procedures and it will require lots of patience on your and his end. There are 2 basic steps to getting a K-1 visa. The 1st one is the petition, which is completed by the U.S. citizen, the 2nd step is the application which is the foreign citizen’s request for a K-1 visa stamp at their home country's U.S. consulate. Much of the fiance visa processing takes place at the U.S. consulate abroad. If ya'll not sure about tying the knot yet, then your second best bet is a F-1 student Visa. I met lot of foreigners in the MBA program at the University of Phoenix on this status, but I met also a bunch of foreigners in our local community college. If he goes on this venue, he can go for 2 years, and depending on his education, he can get a masters degree or an Associate's degree. After graduating he can apply for a job within the USA. The potential employer will issue a Help Wanted ad in 3 of the most well known employment newspapers (including the internet) to make sure that there not any Americans available to fill that position. If after a 30 days nobody meets the criteria, your boyfriend can be hired. He will be issued a work permit and his visa will change to H-1B. His employer would have to renew his work permit every year for the 3 years. On the fourth year he could not renew his work permit but he would have to apply for a permanent redidenceship. There are 98% chances he will get it. If he changes jobs before the fourth year, he will have to go throught the hiring process again with his new potential employer, but he would not have to start all over the 4th year waiting period. To get a F-1 student visa he needs to be accepted in a US acredited school. The school will send him a I-20 form notifying he has been accepted into their program. Before the school sends the I-20 form, he needs to prove that he has enough funds to support himself for the first 2 semesters. About $19K US will do it. He does not have to show this in cash, but showing that he have reliable sources where this money would come from (e.g. Loans, credit cards, properties, Health insurance contract and sponsorship agreements from relatives and significant others). Here is where your help comes handy. You can send a letter stating that you are going to sponsor him for as much as you pay in rent or mortgage and food expenses, since is very likely he will be living under your roof. Your living expenses could amount about $12K or more, depending on where you live and he can show that amount as part of his resources. NOTE: Students under M visas cannot undergo this process to become residents. Any way you go, it would take a long time, but these two choices are the fastest ones. Good luck.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Tax Question: US citizen working abroad
Tax Question: US citizen working abroad?
I will be going on an assignment overseas and have some tax questions. I'm a US citizen and own a house in my home state in the Northeast. I will be renting an apartment in Austria and working in Belgium during the workweek (flying back to Austria on weekends). I'll probably spend 192 days in Belgium, 144 days in Austria, 22 days in US and 7 days in the UK. I may do this for 1-2 years tops and then return to the US. Do I file taxes only in the USA? If I spend more time in the US, do I avoid paying taxes in these foreign countries? If so, how many days in the US? What would be the ideal set up for least tax liability, even if it means staying in one of these countries for longer. Ideally I would only owe US taxes, but wanted to know what the law says. Yearly salary would be over $100K. Employer is US based.
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If you work in another country, you pay tax to that country. Within the EU, you would not have to pay tax to the country of residence, if different. If you are a US citizen, you must report ALL your income to the IRS, regardless of location where you worked. However, you can claim a deduction for the amount of tax paid to the country where you worked. Since European income taxes are generally higher than the US, this would probably bring your US tax liability down to zero. But you still have to file.
I will be going on an assignment overseas and have some tax questions. I'm a US citizen and own a house in my home state in the Northeast. I will be renting an apartment in Austria and working in Belgium during the workweek (flying back to Austria on weekends). I'll probably spend 192 days in Belgium, 144 days in Austria, 22 days in US and 7 days in the UK. I may do this for 1-2 years tops and then return to the US. Do I file taxes only in the USA? If I spend more time in the US, do I avoid paying taxes in these foreign countries? If so, how many days in the US? What would be the ideal set up for least tax liability, even if it means staying in one of these countries for longer. Ideally I would only owe US taxes, but wanted to know what the law says. Yearly salary would be over $100K. Employer is US based.
United States - 1 Answers
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If you work in another country, you pay tax to that country. Within the EU, you would not have to pay tax to the country of residence, if different. If you are a US citizen, you must report ALL your income to the IRS, regardless of location where you worked. However, you can claim a deduction for the amount of tax paid to the country where you worked. Since European income taxes are generally higher than the US, this would probably bring your US tax liability down to zero. But you still have to file.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
ork-vey: Isn't there some sort of international labor law that prevents your boss from communicating (and by
Work-vey: Isn't there some sort of international labor law that prevents your boss from communicating (and by?
communicating, I mean BOTHERING) you while he is in freaking Austria?? Can't I call the United Nations and have him cease and desist cutting into my farting around time? Doesn't he have anything better to do like prance through the fields and sing The Sound of Music?! Help me help myself.
Polls & Surveys - 12 Answers
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Show me the money!!
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Crinkle a plastic bag by the phone and say you're getting a bad signal. Then hang up.
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Nothing pisses me off more than raindrops on roses. Tell him he best stop trippin, boo!
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Absolutely you should contact your union rep lol bonne chance love xxx
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If there is not such a law, then there should be... Spit in his coffee when he comes back!
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Can you verify with a trace that he is the one actually contacting you? Is this verification written and signed on the Papers they always ask for in Austria? If not then he could be a corporate spy and it would be your DUTY not to pay any attention to him!
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Call the Vienna police and report a man fitting his description (complete with hotel name) about to kick off a jihad.
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Tell him to put another shrimp on barbie, even if he's wearing lederhosen.
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i'm sure that falls under the Geneva convention.. what? you can always claim your a prisoner of war!!
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I'm sure you could have him arrested immediately for the prancing. There must be an ordinance somewhere about foreigners trampling unsuspecting daisies in fields. It probably falls under environmental terrorism. And you, as a good citizen, certainly don't want that kind of daisy stomping behavior on your conscience. *Bean-o should help with that farting problem*
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isnt there caller id?? or maybe the 'other voice' to say, 'celeste no he're. she go bangy, bangy on bosses desk then go home very tired!!' ???
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the workers right to be left alone when the boss is out of the office law. passed in 1996 eliminates the punishment for employees to TP the bosses office, home, and other property when they call acting like they're 5 minuets away when they're really 5000 miles away. have fun with the TP!! lol
communicating, I mean BOTHERING) you while he is in freaking Austria?? Can't I call the United Nations and have him cease and desist cutting into my farting around time? Doesn't he have anything better to do like prance through the fields and sing The Sound of Music?! Help me help myself.
Polls & Surveys - 12 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
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Show me the money!!
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Crinkle a plastic bag by the phone and say you're getting a bad signal. Then hang up.
3 :
Nothing pisses me off more than raindrops on roses. Tell him he best stop trippin, boo!
4 :
Absolutely you should contact your union rep lol bonne chance love xxx
5 :
If there is not such a law, then there should be... Spit in his coffee when he comes back!
6 :
Can you verify with a trace that he is the one actually contacting you? Is this verification written and signed on the Papers they always ask for in Austria? If not then he could be a corporate spy and it would be your DUTY not to pay any attention to him!
7 :
Call the Vienna police and report a man fitting his description (complete with hotel name) about to kick off a jihad.
8 :
Tell him to put another shrimp on barbie, even if he's wearing lederhosen.
9 :
i'm sure that falls under the Geneva convention.. what? you can always claim your a prisoner of war!!
10 :
I'm sure you could have him arrested immediately for the prancing. There must be an ordinance somewhere about foreigners trampling unsuspecting daisies in fields. It probably falls under environmental terrorism. And you, as a good citizen, certainly don't want that kind of daisy stomping behavior on your conscience. *Bean-o should help with that farting problem*
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isnt there caller id?? or maybe the 'other voice' to say, 'celeste no he're. she go bangy, bangy on bosses desk then go home very tired!!' ???
12 :
the workers right to be left alone when the boss is out of the office law. passed in 1996 eliminates the punishment for employees to TP the bosses office, home, and other property when they call acting like they're 5 minuets away when they're really 5000 miles away. have fun with the TP!! lol
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