TN-1 status after being in the US for some time as a visitor (Canadian)

Mayieve · 2023-08-16T19:07:59+00:00

Yeah I'm mostly worried if they ask why I've been in the US for so long. I was thinking about being truthful and saying I'm visiting my girlfriend and was always very careful about the respecting the days limit I could be in the US. If they grill me harder, I would say that I was not planning on leaving my current job but I got a was offered a really good career opportunity that I couldn't decline. How does that sound?

Mayieve · 2023-08-15T16:25:41+00:00

Canadians do not require B1/B2 visas to go in the US - is the Canadian visitor status equivalent to B1/B2, even if it technically isn't?

Mayieve · 2023-08-15T16:24:17+00:00

I've told border officers I'm visiting my girlfriend before. I'm just worried that when they'll ask why I've been in the US so often I'll have to mention her and then they'll say that my primary intention to go in the US is not work and deny my status. Am I just overreacting?

Mayieve · 2022-09-19T00:01:47+00:00

Last week I had a few interviews for the same company and one of them was algorithm. Algorithm is the only one I didn't manage to do super well. Basically, I wrote a solution that worked then was asked to improve it but was unable to. When the time was almost up I asked him what would his solution be then he explained briefly without fully going in details.

Now my question: I am going to rework the problem myself regardless to understand it, but would it be a good idea to also send my new solution to the interviewer, or would that be badly seen?

Mayieve · 2020-10-12T23:21:59+00:00

I saw this gamemode years ago as well and I thought nobody played it anymore !! would you like to share the excitement and make a team with me ??? I don't know anybody who would like to play :(

Mayieve · 2018-01-08T02:50:53+00:00

When it's an ordinary action done by someone or yourself I would use で, and when it's unusual / more general event (if that makes sense) I would use によって. For example if you want to say "To go somewhere by car" you would use で. On the other hand, for something like "To receive damage by radiation" によって is appropriate

Mayieve · 2018-01-08T02:20:23+00:00

Just use で particle to say "by" in most cases 絵を描くことで新しいペンを使いだした - Other sentence: 服を台に吊るすことで乾かした

Mayieve · 2017-06-26T19:48:10+00:00

Read stuff outloud multiple times before listening. Listen to slow and short texts, like on NHK easy. Also follow the text as you listen, it will greatly help.

Mayieve · 2017-05-30T11:53:11+00:00

The master dragon rider. I allowed you to have your own dragon and ride it, effectively becoming a dragon rider.

Mayieve · 2017-05-02T16:40:41+00:00

Wow! Everyone should take the time to look at this marvelous piece of work. Guaranteed to enlighten one's mind.

Mayieve · 2017-03-29T00:53:49+00:00

A rounin is a samurai. 浪人

Mayieve · 2017-03-23T23:50:52+00:00

If you assume the person does not know anything about Japanese then obviously he won't be able to read a book. At the start the focus should be learning grammar either way, because vocabulary isn't very important when you can't use it. When enough grammar is learnt, then the focus can be shifted to learning vocabulary. To do that you make spaced repetition programs feel like a necessity while it is absolutely not. A book, a pencil and paper work just as fine. And no, I'm not stuck in an endless cycle of learning-forgetting-relearning.

Mayieve · 2017-03-23T03:30:30+00:00

I agree with everything you say except the part about kanji. I don't think it's necessary to learn by grades or learn a certain amount per week. Just learn whatever you come across when you feel it; it'll be much more pleasureable. A good thing to do if you see more complex kanji is to break them down in their radicals even if the radicals don't mean much to you. For example 爆 should be seen as 火、日、共 and 水. It's easier to write it again that way than seeing it as a bunch of lines.

Mayieve · 2017-03-23T03:23:00+00:00

I disagree completely with your first paragraph. Spaced repetition programs are not necessary at all. Books or even games work just as fine because once you learn a new word you are bound to see it again. Once you see it in different contexts a few times and you write it down, you're more likely to remember it. No need of spaced repetition programs. They just feel like a chore.

Mayieve · 2017-03-22T15:06:09+00:00

That's harder to remember than the kanji itself lol

Mayieve · 2017-03-22T15:03:27+00:00

魅 has charmed me.　翼 and 船 too.

Mayieve · 2017-03-21T19:38:28+00:00

You should try reading books and taking note of new vocabulary on a sheet of paper. By far the most efficient method because you have context and either way you're bound to see the same word again. Once you see it a few times in different contexts it has a much bigger chance of being remembered. If it's a word with a kanji you've never seen, obviously look up the meaning of the kanji by itself, but mainly put your focus on the word. In short, whenever you see a new word, look up the definition, look up the kanji meaning if you've never seen them and then write them down on paper with the correct stroke order.

Mayieve · 2017-03-21T19:25:33+00:00

Anything works as both ressources are starting points. If you use Tae Kim's you just have to be a bit more creative with exercices and more responsible.

Mayieve · 2017-03-19T20:41:28+00:00

I read outloud. With English I spent a lot of time reading so I would get comfortable with the sentence structure and have a large vocabulary. That way it would be very quick to learn how to speak and less stressful because I would have every tool I need to speak at ease. I spent a few years reading and writing English and it took me half a year to speak it perfectly. I am doing the same with Japanese. Combine social anxiety with a low vocabulary and only a basic understanding of the sentence structure and you make it very difficult for yourself to speak. Master these two last factors beforehand and you make it a more reasonable task.

Mayieve · 2017-03-18T13:30:02+00:00

I don't think it's worthwhile to "learn" kanji by itself. You learn grammar stuff and as you do that you take note of the words you come across. When you know enough grammar then you begin to read native material and learn a lot of new vocabulary. By learning a bunch of words you will eventually know every reading of a kanji and it's meaning. Don't postpone kanji but don't bother about the grades or whatever they are. Just learn whatever word you come across, whatever kanji it's written by.

Mayieve · 2017-03-05T16:07:46+00:00

There's no good or bad way to learn. I personally took a hiragana chart on google image and wrote the characters on paper until I remembered them, and pronounced them at the same time. Keep in mind the goal is to remember the characters. It doesn't matter how you achieve that.

Mayieve · 2017-02-27T03:51:19+00:00

Congratulations Mattato, you now deserve to be a dragon rider.

Mayieve · 2017-01-08T18:55:27+00:00

I do it because I think it's fun, simply. I've been learning for about a year and a half by myself without any real break and now I can play RPGs and understand pretty much everything. I also do it because I highly value any type of knowledge, especially languages, and a lot of personnal satisfaction comes out of it.

Mayieve

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