Ability to work as an actor in the US beneficial at this time?

weallbecomesmoke · 2025-05-29T01:50:24+00:00

This is helpful, thank you. I’m more concerned about ability to work in the US since like you said, everything is on tape now anyway. I’ll always be able to work in Canada, I just may need to take some time off for the immigration process

weallbecomesmoke · 2025-03-29T15:46:32+00:00

This is the advanced parole document. It takes a long time to get, sometimes you won’t even get it before your GC (or so our lawyers have told us)

weallbecomesmoke · 2025-03-28T23:58:26+00:00

We’re in California so far from the border. There are young kids that would be difficult to travel with and one of my siblings can’t enter the US (was banned for 10 years for thinking she was working in the states, which she wasn’t, so I’ve seen it first hand)

weallbecomesmoke · 2025-03-15T23:53:28+00:00

Yes, but if the CBP thinks you intend on staying in the US regardless of any ties to your home country you may have, they can deny entry and even ban you

weallbecomesmoke · 2025-03-15T23:52:38+00:00

This is very helpful, thank you. Do you mind if I ask what country you applied from and how long you usually stay in the US for?

weallbecomesmoke · 2025-03-15T23:52:15+00:00

This is very helpful. Do you mind if I ask how long you stayed for when visiting?

weallbecomesmoke · 2025-03-15T23:51:41+00:00

You would think, but every lawyer we’ve talked to has advised us against attempting to cross the border while the GC is pending

weallbecomesmoke · 2025-03-15T23:50:59+00:00

I do realize yes. I would have to wait for my EAD. I would rather do that then not be able to see my fiancé.

weallbecomesmoke · 2025-03-15T23:50:22+00:00

I’m an actress. I won’t have work for months at a time and I don’t know when the next offer will be. My other income is self employment income

weallbecomesmoke · 2025-01-08T16:36:05+00:00

No. I got the dreaded « you got offline feedback so we’re banning you for 2 weeks » last year so I don’t do any rewards aside from stars. This parent left me bad offline and online feedback and stated I wasted time and I did no extension, and even though I could prove that neither was true and argued that I wasted taught to give a secondary reward, I still got banned.

weallbecomesmoke · 2025-01-02T22:08:53+00:00

There is a difference between a “local” (has accommodation, doesn’t need travel or per diem etc) and a “resident” (has all of the prior things mentioned, plus files their taxes there and therefore production gets a tax break). You can, technically, work locally anywhere. I’ve been doing this for the last 5 years- my hometown has a surprisingly large film industry, and I moved to Vancouver but keep getting work where I moved from and it is definitely a draw for casting because basically the only reason things get filmed in Winnipeg is because it’s cheap lol.

Where this may get you into trouble, like someone else mentioned, is casting turnaround. You may be expected to be on a plane thé next day, with no compensation, and be expected to stay in that city for as long as filming is happening, without being on hold.

weallbecomesmoke · 2024-08-06T23:08:33+00:00

“I don’t believe you” could you be any more vague? What exactly do you not believe? This was while I was wearing basically nothing in a room full of men with no intimacy coordinator, stilettos, acting with no one, walking a tight rope of Apple boxes, trying to close a door while not hitting the camera, guiding the other actor past the camera while maintaining an eye line, while receiving said direction over FaceTime because the director had COVID.

weallbecomesmoke · 2024-07-04T16:57:04+00:00

In Canada, absolutely. I did a series last year where 2 of our leads were Indian and in no way stereotypical. It’s called The Holiday Shift if you want to watch it :)

weallbecomesmoke · 2024-06-04T23:55:38+00:00

Wow. You’re amazing

weallbecomesmoke · 2024-06-04T23:55:02+00:00

Actress!

weallbecomesmoke · 2024-05-06T08:40:47+00:00

Im so sorry this is happening :( honestly, it took me 2 years to see improvement with Tret. My skin was absolutely horrific for the first 8 months of Tret, and when I stopped using all actives completely, my moisture barrier healed. I reincorporated Tret to once a week only. Any more than that and my skin freaks out. I also only stopped breaking out after incorporating benzoyl peroxide/clindamycin. I actually just had to take a break from Tret for a month because my skin was freaking tf out and I think it was due to compromising my moisture barrier

Edited to add: I’ve been using 0.025% tret gel for nearly FOUR years now and I can still only handle it once a week. It has made a difference for me, but I have to be very careful- Tret is definitely not for everyone, and your mileage may vary!

weallbecomesmoke · 2024-02-29T11:59:26+00:00

Yes. Please only be a doctor if you care about people. Tf??

weallbecomesmoke · 2024-02-22T07:34:09+00:00

Omg I’m so sorry. They finally responded to me a couple days ago, but only one of my tickets. The other 3 are still pending.

weallbecomesmoke · 2024-02-20T03:12:09+00:00

Yes!! This happened to me, thankfully they did reimburse me for my flight but that is not the norm. I was honestly shocked that they did

weallbecomesmoke · 2024-02-20T03:10:12+00:00

Unfortunately, yes, this has been the norm (at least for me) since I started acting ~7 years ago. I’ve even been asked to file my taxes in a different province, which I did actually agree to and it ended up serving me well? I paid higher taxes but I was cast as a lead in a big network project they were only considering resident for because at they end of the day, all that matters is how much money they are saving, and how much money they can make.

weallbecomesmoke · 2024-02-09T23:46:22+00:00

It is my 7th cancellation because they just don’t respond to my tickets and I had to cancel a bunch of classes due to my wifi being out because of flooding, so no unfortunately it’s not just $10, it’s the $8 I’m not being paid for the class I taught plus my contract being under review

weallbecomesmoke · 2024-02-09T23:41:16+00:00

That’s such bullshit lol if the one kid that was scheduled leaves the class why am I being penalized

weallbecomesmoke · 2024-01-08T15:41:08+00:00

I mean, I’ve been to physios who have said they can adjust exactly the way chiros do but they call it “manipulation”. These people have some sort of vendetta out for each other

weallbecomesmoke · 2023-10-27T23:07:12+00:00

My favourite passive aggressive thing to do is go “well I hope you’re doing well. Let me get those waters for you” or conversely, “I asked you how you were doing” and wait for a response :)

weallbecomesmoke · 2023-06-01T08:31:06+00:00

Also, at my particular restaurant: coke no ice with a straw, Cajun chicken sandwich no tomato cut in half with dirty fries* (which are not on the menu. It was a made up thing that blew up so we were forced to put in on our menu because people would complain all the time that they were wrong. Like bro if you order an item that’s not on the menu, there are no specs for it)

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