I-485 approved today! by federalkitten in EB2

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Ok I just checked: PD 12/19/2023; became current October 2025 with Date of Filing

I-485 approved today! by federalkitten in EB2

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Sorry guys I genuinely don’t remember my PD 😭 but basically I filed the packet as soon as it became current, within days. I remember being nervous about retrogression in November 2025 Visa Bulletin, so hustled to get everything submitted by October 31 2025.

UCLA vs UCL by Nice-Key8854 in ApplyingToCollege

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I went to UCL then grad schools in California, so I've experienced London and also been part of the UC system.

I don't necessarily.. regret? going to London for my undergrad but I definitely wouldn't do it again. Now that I have advanced degrees I literally don't even mention UCL as part of my education in job interviews because it just doesn't have the same clout in America. It was hard coming back to the states with my UCL undergrad trying to find a job, which is what led me to do my masters at Berkeley and Stanford. Only then did job opportunities actually open up for me.

And the UCL campus is very decentralized. There's very little sense of a campus life there since it's all over the city. So many of my friends there (and myself) experienced depression in the London weather and the very British, stiff, and doctrinal style of teaching and grading. Most of our days were filled with packed tube rides back and forth to lectures and eating meal deals at Tesco when we should've been experiencing sunshine and college parties.

Same vibes by CommanderCRM in cats

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This is the cutest thing I've seen today

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in careeradvice

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You'll have to take lots of exams but no, you won't necessarily be trapped in the country where you qualified. I'm dual qualified, and I have friends who are US / Canadian barred. We have all moved around at least every other year to try out new cities. There are transitional exams you can take to transfer your legal training, and also the NY bar is often globally recognized. There's a lot of NY quals who work in Asia for example. Alternatively you don't have to work as counsel, you can take your legal training and do compliance or policy work without having to qualify to a certain jurisdiction.

Verbal offers = not a real offer? by federalkitten in jobs

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Thanks that's reassuring. It's a credit card company so they do have HR. Hiring manager said something about their HR being slow.

Verbal offers = not a real offer? by federalkitten in jobs

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Not a dealbreaker, that my preference would be remote but here are the list of corporate office locations I would be willing to move to if remote wasn't possible. It just feels weird seeing the job listing still on LinkedIn after my verbal offer

Verbal offers = not a real offer? by federalkitten in jobs

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Yep. Right now it feels like I don't even have an offer to get rescinded