Aahaa.. appatlo H1s ki America entha bagundedi

[tennisluvr]

5 minutes ago, Quickgun_murugan said:

those were pioneers and lucky ppl in all aspects...

aa flight travel experience chadivithe anipinchindi.. world was a better place.. we fcuked it up ani..

Thank our middle east sodarulu. 

[tennisluvr]

12 minutes ago, Quickgun_murugan said:

Quora lo chadivaa.....

H-1B visa immigrants, what was your experience like when you first came to the US?

When we came to USA in the 80′s, there was no H1B, only H1.

Colleagues and managers used to help out in apartment search, and giving us newcomers ride for work and for weekend groceries till you get an US driving license, and able to buy a car.

Green card wait ( from first application to getting the actual card in the mail) rarely exceeded 30 months.

Getting these green cards fast was useful to settle down sooner, as (those days) you could not get any bank home loan unless at least a green card holder.

The tough part in immigrants’ life was getting credit cards. Many like me started with a trick called secured credit card, and got real credit card like after 2 - 3 years, starting inevitably with Sears cards as our lucky break. One could even rent cars (ftom Budget) using these store cards.

ATM cards were still just for ATM (usually only next to a bank) and inside a select few groceries, and true debit cards were rare. So we could buy, lease or rent cars, but could not rent vhs movies from the corner blockbuster (dvd was not yet invented).

There was no cell phone except for the super rich.. so it was one less thing to worry about. AT&T was the only deal for phones, and they were quite liberal in assigning home land line phone lines as soon as you move in, and never a issue to get utility accounts set up, either.

Another point: no civilian GPS yet. So imagine how paper map was the king! Going to the local AAA office to get a “trip tik” map and getting some traveller's cheques were essential steps when you are driving somewhere far off like going out of state.

No ipass or easypass..every toll road needed coins.

Unlike now, there were very few ethnic Indian food store/grocery and you could expect Indian restaurants only in bigger cities. You could not image a hindi movie in any AMC or Star theaters!

Coming from India, our pet peeve was lack of custom tailored (affordable) shirts, trousers and suits. Getting even just a pair of good work shoes were tough. All you get in the mall for men's shoes were horribly tough leather sole (easy to slip and fall ) shoes with zero padding. General population too wore kind of super uncomfortable shoes you will now think fit for construction workers only. Else we had our 2nd choice of buying comfortable but real ugly white sneakers. Colored sneakers were rare.

We could try our luck on a few (and far off) Clark's or Bata shoe stores, but they would charge 3X price of others shops for their ‘civilized’ shoes. So I remember writing detailed notes to friends in India to bring enough decent woolen trousers and made to fit suits, plus enough work shoes, to survive here, and we used to do the same when returning on trips from south asia.

Positive side was easy acceptance of cheque payment everywhere, and being teated as equal at work. Even those days, most Indians we ever met were IT engineers (or college professors). Used to be a lot of nuclear scientists, but they all changed jobs by end of 70’s, or they went to Europe, thanks to Mr. Carter's inept messing up of Three Miles Island, and end of nuclear generator site constructions.

Truthfully, we hardly ever noticed any discrimination towards ‘Brown’ in 80s. Our seniors told us occassional horror stories of being forced out of white-only eatery or waiting rooms, but that was like 40 -50 years back. So long one stayed clear of certain southern states, we did not have to worry about color of skin. The ‘brown quota system’ (upper limit enforced thru alumni points) now you see in certain ivy league schools was unimaginable in 80s.

Getting into any domestic flight was easy… just like getting into (current) Megabus … little or no security hassle or wait. My wife once showed a citibank photo credit card as her Id and able to board a flight.

You could check two trunk size suitcases in any domestic or international flight, even in economy, and airlines rarely weighted your suitcases to enforce the 70 or 72 pounds limit PER BAG!

Best part: Nearly every airline seat was wide enough (I fondly recall flights in TWA and in Midwest Express ), and nearly every flight offered full and hearty meals.

Acela express was not yet there, but Metroliners were fast enough, and Amtrak first class was always like 4 star hotels-on-wheels. But no wifi!

Perhaps you have to go into Burmah (Myanmar) today if you want to see and feel how life was in usa in 80s without any wifi or cellphone

Uncle nuvvu kooda nenu follow chese topics baaga follow avuthav anukunta. Nee ID enti ankul quora lo. 

[princeofheaven]

1 minute ago, tennisluvr said:

Corresht. Before Y2K boom konchem genuine candidates ocharu ochi chadivi settle ayyaru they are fine. 

Maa inti pakkintlo cable bill collect chesukunetodu fake Master's certificates petti(originally chadivinadi Bharat degree college lo BA) US ki ochi SAP meeda professional ani cheppukunnadu. Ippudu aadiki shopping mall undi Hyderabad lo, plus mestri dhandha in US. 

Potta podisthey foogram, flatform antadu aksharam mukka raadu. 

na patha employer kuda same batch bezawada lo kupli college lo Bcom , sap consultant ani mudra esukoni us ki camed. Ippudu bezawada and vizag lo prime lands, africa lo mines and mesthri dandha in US

[tennisluvr]

1 minute ago, princeofheaven said:

na patha employer kuda same batch bezawada lo kupli college lo Bcom , sap consultant ani mudra esukoni us ki camed. Ippudu bezawada and vizag lo prime lands, africa lo mines and mesthri dandha in US

Gattigaa.............

[Quickgun_murugan]

6 minutes ago, tennisluvr said:

Thank our middle east sodarulu. 

ofcourse those MoFos screwed everything... and still counting..

[Quickgun_murugan]

6 minutes ago, tennisluvr said:

Uncle nuvvu kooda nenu follow chese topics baaga follow avuthav anukunta. Nee ID enti ankul quora lo. 

 .. email ki osthay man... nenu em participate cheyyale ippatidaka

[tennisluvr]

Just now, Quickgun_murugan said:

ofcourse those MoFos screwed everything... and still counting..

Yeah ninna UK lo kooda. 

[BostonBullodu]

7 minutes ago, tennisluvr said:

Corresht. Before Y2K boom konchem genuine candidates ocharu ochi chadivi settle ayyaru they are fine. 

Maa inti pakkintlo cable bill collect chesukunetodu fake Master's certificates petti(originally chadivinadi Bharat degree college lo BA) US ki ochi SAP meeda professional ani cheppukunnadu. Ippudu aadiki shopping mall undi Hyderabad lo, plus mestri dhandha in US. 

Potta podisthey foogram, flatform antadu aksharam mukka raadu. 

u mean rich

[tennisluvr]

1 minute ago, BostonBullodu said:

u mean rich

Not necessarily. 

India lo merit students ki scholarships ochayi, ala ochinollu chaala mandi unnaru. 

[dakumangalsingh]

1 minute ago, BostonBullodu said:

u mean rich

anta ledu naa colleague ankul, MS chesinru ikkada GC EB1 lo ochchindanta valla prof edo paper lo name include cheste daani meeda ochchindii anta

malla inko colleague came directly form India BITS grad. appatlo talent vunte US ochchetollu ofcourse money kosam chana tippalu vuntunde.

ippudu ela marindii ante India lo dobbalem ante US ostunnaru

[dakumangalsingh]

1 minute ago, tennisluvr said:

Not necessarily. 

India lo merit students ki scholarships ochayi, ala ochinollu chaala mandi unnaru. 

appatlo I20 meeda ne ochchevi kada funding pre recession era lo provided if we have good Gre and toefl with good academics

[Quickgun_murugan]

5 minutes ago, tennisluvr said:

Yeah ninna UK lo kooda. 

[tennisluvr]

1 minute ago, dakumangalsingh said:

appatlo I20 meeda ne ochchevi kada funding pre recession era lo provided if we have good Gre and toefl with good academics

Correct. 

[reality]

12 minutes ago, tennisluvr said:

Corresht. Before Y2K boom konchem genuine candidates ocharu ochi chadivi settle ayyaru they are fine. 

Maa inti pakkintlo cable bill collect chesukunetodu fake Master's certificates petti(originally chadivinadi Bharat degree college lo BA) US ki ochi SAP meeda professional ani cheppukunnadu. Ippudu aadiki shopping mall undi Hyderabad lo, plus mestri dhandha in US. 

Potta podisthey foogram, flatform antadu aksharam mukka raadu. 

Chandrabob sisyudu emo....I have fower you have fower...

He should be thankful to sandrabob for sending him to USA

 

 

[tennisluvr]

Just now, reality said:

Chandrabob sisyudu emo....I have fower you have fower...

He should be thankful to sandrabob for sending him to USA

 

 

Sandrabob teliyadu gaani he's anna gari abhimani