Posted by YAROSLAW on August 10, 2000 at 00:40:02:
In Reply to: opinion posted by nazar on August 07, 2000 at 11:18:29:
I am happy for you as well. I have lived in US for past ten years and you are hundred percent correct about not counting on Diaspora. Besides endless conversations about what they think people in Ukraine should do, they are useless. I was lucky, my immediate family here was exceptional and they helped me a great deal, for which I will be thankful to them for the rest of my life. What they did was way beyond what I could have ever imagined. Your remark about the fact that old immigration wants new immigrants to suffer as they did, 50 years ago, is also totally correct. It seems like you have a very good source. The first question that you will be asked, the first time you go to Church here, is “when are you going back?” Yanko responding to your opinion mentioned that you should not expect the new BMW as welcome present, but no body is expecting any welcome presents, only a little help in finding jobs and some useful advise. When I bought my first car in US, shortly after I came over, this one old guy said that it took him five years to buy his first car, fifty years ago. Beside the fact that they do not like to help, they are very jealous when you do well. I am sure that there are some exemptions, and I truly hope that you make it here. Good Luck.
P.S. Be aware that in US (I am not talking about Diaspora here) everybody wants to screw you, especially immigration lawyers.