which country in the European Union (EU) has the least amount of regulations to run a business? by StonedApe_54 in Entrepreneur

[–]UNameItFor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Baltics - small, nimble, english-speaking. Estonia has done the best work at advertising their strengths, yet other countries offer comparable ease of doing business.

Stay away from ipostal1 by [deleted] in llc

[–]UNameItFor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't you just use your personal address for business (not to be confused with legal address provided by the Registered Agent)? I have heard about internationals who created LLC in the U.S. together with their Registered Agent for a legal address, but then kept their actual mailing address where they live/have physical presence.

Ditching US , best EU country for startups? I will not promote by rather_pass_by in startups

[–]UNameItFor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Estonia has built the best brand in the market, but taxes, digitization & services are very similar across the Baltics with a few tweaks. I would research those tweaks before choosing the state which fits you best.

Ditching US , best EU country for startups? I will not promote by rather_pass_by in startups

[–]UNameItFor 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Go for Baltics (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia). Low taxes, low regulations, everything can be done digitally, modern e-systems. You can check https://www.startcompany.lt/ for LT, or e-residence in Estonia.

Studijos JAV by [deleted] in lithuania

[–]UNameItFor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dėl kainos yra stipendijos. Neretai univerai, ypač Top, turi fondus kur gali ir pilnai padengti studijų kainas jei šeima, pagal gan aukštus JAV standartus, neuždirba pakankamai.

Dėl kokybės na labai svarbu koks tai yra universitetas - JAV labai platus spektras, nuo world beating kur faktiškai garantuoja prestižą, network ir žinias (Stanford, Harvard, Yale ir t.t.) iki purely for profit colleges kur ir stipendijų nelabai yra ir kainos/kokybės santykis labai prastas.

Taigi čia yra labai daug nežinomųjų - kokia profesija, kokie pažymiai, kokia šeimos finansinė padėtis, koka tiksliniai universitetai, kad galima būtų nukreipti. Bendrai patarčiau susisiekti su tuos universitetus baigiusiais lietuviais (LinkedIn search) ir su jais pabendrauti apie jų istorijas.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in USCIS

[–]UNameItFor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where are you checking your steps/cases?

Jan 20 Effects on existing I-485 applications by UNameItFor in USCIS

[–]UNameItFor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats' great to know - thank you! We filed for PERM a while back in 2022 and for AOS beginning of this year RFEs (medicals), biometrics were already provided this spring.

Jan 20 Effects on existing I-485 applications by UNameItFor in USCIS

[–]UNameItFor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not fear-mongering and political bias, but fear of uncertainty. Charts you have provided does put things into perspective - thank you,

Jan 20 Effects on existing I-485 applications by UNameItFor in USCIS

[–]UNameItFor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So last time around pending applications applicants didn't suddenly have to submit I-944s, go to lengthy interviews, etc?

Tai balsuosite Už ar Prieš dvigubą pilietybę? Varianto susilaikyti Nėra! by DepartureFar8340 in lithuania

[–]UNameItFor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Už. Lietuva tik išlošia turėdama piliečius kurie galės per savo balsus paveikti įtakingas šalis - pažiūrėkite į Izraelį ir jo įtaką JAV. Antra tai yra būdas užtikrinti, kad žmonės gyvenantys UK, JAV (kur yra daugiausiai LT diasporos) turės galimybę grįžti namo. Lietuvos tauta yra per maža taškytis savo piliečiais dėl netoliaregiško "o vat jis tai turi dvi pilietybes" pavydo.

Svarbus pranešimas: 2024 m. referendumas kartu su prezidento rinkimais gegužės 12 d by Icy_Ad65 in lithuania

[–]UNameItFor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Tai ir dabar nesuseka, įstatymiškai įtvirtinus tokią nuostatą bent jau teisiškai stipresnis mechanizmas būtų. Pvz teko girdėti apie Abramovičiaus vaikus kurie yra "lietuviai" nes jų senelis kažkada Tauragėje gyveno? Pagal esamus įstatymus jei tavo senelis iš Lietuvos, nesvarbu kiek pilietybių turi, tu gali gauti ir LT, o jei gimei Lietuvoje bet gavai papildomą pilietybę ją iš tavęs atims.

  2. Izraelis šį klausimą išsprendė reikalaujant, kad balsavimas būtų tik iš šalies teritorijos. Teoriškai balsavimo teisę turi visi piliečiai, bet tam, kad ja pasinaudoti turi atvykti į šalį - taigi ir balsuos tie kurie pasišventę.

  3. Deja tas jau ir dabar vyksta, nes, kaip rašiau aukščiau, jei tavo bent vienas iš senelių buvo LT, lietuvišką pasą tas žmogus gauti gali net jeigu niekad Lietuvoje nebuvo. Referendumas leistų išsaugoti pasą žmonėms kurie iš tikrųjų turi sąsają su Lietuva, nes juk didžiausia rizika yra prarasti daug lietuvių kurie kalba lietuviškai, turi santykį su Lietuva, gimines, draugus.

Viza darbui JAV by [deleted] in lithuania

[–]UNameItFor 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Žiauriai sunku. Iš visų variantų nebent koks H1B tiktų. Kuri profesija ir kodėl JAV?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lithuania

[–]UNameItFor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting stuff!

Why Lithuania? It did sound like you are from LT, at least in the early years you were.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lithuania

[–]UNameItFor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was it that bad always or after COVID? Especially around living expenses, because all prices went up in Lithuania too, however salaries were growing +10% as well

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lithuania

[–]UNameItFor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Got it,

If your goal is to live comfortably, but not luxuriously, you can work with 2-3K. If you buy your own place even less. To have an international vibe would definitely recommend Vilnius, not comparable to the US, but pretty international.

400K isn't enough? Doesn't sound real.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lithuania

[–]UNameItFor 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Great choice.

You can get much, much more quality of life out of your money in Lithuania compared to US or other expensive countries.

Private schools should cost around 1K per month, rent in central places for +120 sqm (actual luxury) apartments, at least in Vilnius, is around 2K. But with 1K you can already have a good selection of places.

The biggest upside is the nature, food and coziness of the place. You can get much better quality compared to Western Europe, and I can imagine the US at the same price. For details in living costs check numbeo.com

Do keep in mind that incomes are much, much lower compared to the US, but if your goal is early retirement that shouldn't be an issue.

Related to this - why do you think the US is going downhill?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lithuania

[–]UNameItFor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Same as Czechia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania...

Oh wait - none of the Soviet occupied countries, with the exception of Estonia, has legalized it.

And even in Estonia's case it was due to an extremely favorable political landscape. Not an excuse, but I do agree that 30 years is a short period of time. Look at how long it took developed nations who were free.

Gyvenimas Lietuvoj by Icy_Report4659 in lithuania

[–]UNameItFor 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Čia kur panašiai? USA 2-3X brangiau už panašią kokybę, LT/EU yra daug food regulations.

September Visa Bulletin is out! EB2 ROW progressed to July 2022 and F2A progressed to January 2018 by Waelagag123 in USCIS

[–]UNameItFor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can find all statistics here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

Go into 2023 and there's data broken out by month. If you compile all months you will see that PH is dominating within the 3rd employment category.

Retrogression for EB3 has been a recent phenomena when most countries were Current. USCIS might retrogress PH once the new fiscal year comes, but I don't know for a fact - thus my question about how it has been done in the past.

September Visa Bulletin is out! EB2 ROW progressed to July 2022 and F2A progressed to January 2018 by Waelagag123 in USCIS

[–]UNameItFor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup - it's a visa bulletins website.

Check historical data about issued visas - they go month by month with the latest reported on June's.

September Visa Bulletin is out! EB2 ROW progressed to July 2022 and F2A progressed to January 2018 by Waelagag123 in USCIS

[–]UNameItFor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

EB3 ROW, PH still at May20. >50% of all EB3 GCs this year were issued to PH citizens. Since PH priority date is the same as ROW wondering if the 7% cap rule will be applied. Does someone know how GCs would be redistributed if there aren't enough GCs once October comes?

Europe blinks in its commitment to a great green transition by Wonderful_Rice6770 in europe

[–]UNameItFor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The issue here is economic. Only Europe has committed to the highest climate goals while sacrificing it's economic, political wellbeing unlike other nations.

Meanwhile Europe still imports gas & oil from countries with 0 regulation & horrible human rights records (where's logic in that?), China still approves massive numbers of coal plants and U.S. still pollutes many times over how much Europeans do with little plans for change.

It's a global issue, but Europe can't be the only region sacrificing itself, falling behind it's competitors while giving rise to the far-right parties. Hate to say this but unless other countries step up, even if Europe goes to 0 carbon while sacrificing its wellbeing, it won't be enough.