Brasileiritchas

[Carolina+James 1]

Gordura vegetal... aqui no Brasil o que tem em supermercado é gordura de côco, fica na parte de coisas congeladas.

Para forno a receita deve ser diferente, já que no forno tudo é cozido mais lento. Mas não precisa de deep fryer para pastel, uma frigideira funda já dá certo, só você ter uma boa espátula para virar e fritar o outro lado, além de exageradas quantidades de papel absorvente para tirar a gordura extra no final.

Uma coisa que descobri a "fritar" no forno são "batatas fritas" congeladas, aquelas que compramos já cortadas, congeladas e pré-fritas. Coloco em uma forma grande e 40 minutos no forno pré-aquecido, potência alta. O sabor não é o mesmo... mas eu gosto e me salva, pois adoro batata. Deve gastar um gás danado também, mas não sei dizer quanto, a gente usa o forno direto aqui para bolos.

...aaaaaaaaaand.......

Recebi um e-mail RFE do meu caso hoje! Meu NOA1 é de 17 de agosto! Eu ainda não sei o que pode ter faltado, estou esperando o noivo chegar em casa para vermos a cópia do pacote... mas dá nervoso!! Tomara que seja algo bem besta e que tenha sido da parte do meu noivo, assim vai mais rápido do que ser algo meu e que demora no correio. Enfim, fiquei nervosa... mas ao mesmo tempo feliz, pois isso significa que meu processo não foi engolido misteriosamente, ou qualquer uma dessas paranóias, e assim que for resolvido o RFE, tenho uma resposta! Poxa vida, que maravilha se for aprovado logo e eu estiver com meu noivo já em Dezembro, tomara que dê tudo certo!!

[Nessa 23]

boa sorte carolina. Eu tambem so asso batata, nunca frito. nem lembro a ultima vez que fritei, deve ser mais de 5 anos atras. a unica coisa que eu lembro ter fritado aqui nos states 'e banana empanada e bacon

[Ladylethal 12]

Olá meninas, boa sorte no processo Carolina! E vc tá quase em Nessa?

Cheguei tem duas semanas gente, curti muito minha família!

[Nessa 23]

que bom, lauritcha.

[dereka e dulcim 0]

oi gente, adorei esse cantinho aqui pras brasileiritchas!

O meu processo já está no Rio e minha entrevista é di 17 de novembro! tou super ansiosa e fiquei lendo aqui quando vcs falavam sobre procurar mails pra imprimir e tal e agora é a minha cara tb!!!

Alguma dicas para meu grande dia, meninas?

[LiszyandKenny 5]

Que bom que vc aproveitou muito sua familia, Lauritcha !!! Eu tambem nao vejo a hora de ir....quase dois anos ja..uffffffffff

Dereka... bem-vinda ao nosso cantinho (que costumava ser mais agitado )... dica para o grande dia e: seja o mais natural possivel....responda somente o necessario... e sem stress (sei que e dificil)... porque normalmente o resultado e aprovacao (se nao tiver faltando documentos importantes, nao tiver permancencia nos USA sem visto, coisas assim)

Boa sorte !

[dereka e dulcim 0]

Valeu pessoal!

Eu sou Derek, o Americano (como pode ver pelo meu sotaque digital), e a Dulcinha é a Brasileiritcha. Só lendo este blog me deu muito saudade dela...

Eu tenho duas perguntinhas sobre uns formularios que eu acho são especificos ao Brasil.

Um é no formulario 257a, pergunta 14. Diz "Foi lhe-recusado entrada nos Estdos Unidos?".

A Dulcinha foi negado dois vistos de turismo que ela tentou tirar para me visitar. A pergunta refere ao isso, ou só se fosse negado no POE?

Segundo é a pergunta 32 em formulario DS156. Eles perguntam se ela está planejando em trabalhar cuando vem para os EUA. Se ela disse sim, tem que dar o nome da empressa para quem ela vai trabalhar. Pois ela está planejando em trabalhar aqui sim, só que depois de casamento e tudo então não tem emprego ainda. É melhor dizer "não"? Pois em outro formulario (DS230 pergunta 22), pergunta a ocupação dela no EUA, e ela botou "Lawyer", pq ela é advogada no Brasil é o plano é ela trabalhar nisso aqui. É uma problema se as respostas das duas perguntas não concordam (dizer advogada em um e não emprego no outro?).

Desculpe escrever sobre perguntas tão chatinhos, mas eu sou detalhisto e queremos fazer tudo direitinho. Também eu sei se tem alguem que pode nos ajudar, é vocês!!

Abs,

Dereka e Dulcim

[Carolina+James 1]

Parabéns pelo português Derek! =)

Minhas dúvidas são parecidas com as suas! Sou psicóloga no Brasil, quero um emprego nesta área nos EUA. Como responder essas questões tb?

[Fe M 0]

Oi gente!

Venho acompanhando esse fórum faz um tempo, mas só agora encontrei esse tópico das brasileiras.

Eu tô esperando meu NOA2 ainda, desde 27 de abril, e essa espera ta me matando.

Esse negócio das profissões também estou com dúvida, aqui no Brasil eu trabalho como arquiteta e queria trabalhar com isso lá também. Andei dando uma olhada em como faz pra validar o diploma e é meio complicado, não sei se devo responder que quero trabalhar na área ou se não coloco nada por enquanto. Gostaria de saber se alguém tem experiência nisso pra poder ajudar.

Obrigada.

[K and L 27]

Derek, the consulate probably already has the paperwork for the denied tourist visas, so it would probably be best to go ahead and say that she was denied a tourist visa, and explain the reasoning (probably insufficient ties).

Before deciding how to answer the question about work, I believe you need to look into licensing issues. There may or may not be reciprocity with the license, and I would guess there probably will not be (because laws and education requirements are so different in Brazil as in the US). More than likely, she will have to sit for your state's bar, which could be denied if she was not educated in the US and doesn't possess a JD. I don't know whether or not she has to have work authorization to be admitted to the bar, or to sit for the bar. In either case, she won't be able to practice as a lawyer without admission to the bar even if she has work authorization. Googling something like "(your state) state bar" will help you find out who she needs to talk to regarding the bar. It might be that in order to practice in your state, she has to go through law school (though she may be able to go into an LLM program instead of the JD program), or she will have to try to sit for the bar in CA or NY and try to get reciprocity through that.

Carolina, a similar situation probably holds for you. You will need to look into the licensing requirements of the state you're going to live in for practicing psychology. It may be trickier on the basis of education - I don't know what level of education you need in Brazil to practice as a psychologist, but in the US, you need a doctorate, and you need to pass a national exam. Googling something like "licensed psychologist (your state)" should bring up the state's licensing board or department of health website. For whatever it's worth, in my state you need the doctorate and the national exam and regarding the doctorate:

240.3(4) Foreign-trained psychologists shall:

a. Provide an equivalency evaluation of their educational credentials by the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, 1120 G Street NW, Suite 330, Washington, D.C. 20005, telephone (202)783-7663, Web site www.nationalregister.org, or by an evaluation service with

membership in the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Services, Inc., at www.naces.org. A certified translation of documents submitted in a language other than English shall be provided. The candidate shall bear the expense of the curriculum evaluation and translation of application documents. The educational credentials must be equivalent to programs stated in 240.3(3). IAC 9/24/08 Professional Licensure[645] Ch 240, p.3

b. Provide a notarized copy of the certificate or diploma awarded to the applicant from a psychology program in the country in which the applicant was educated.

c. Submit evidence of meeting all other requirements for licensure stated in these rules.

d. Receive a final determination from the board regarding the application for licensure.

(Unlike Derek, my Portuguese is absolutely wretched!)

Edited October 29, 2009 by K and L

[Carolina+James 1]

Thank you K and L =)

I already did a juramented (sic? A translation done by an authorized lawyer) translation of my diploma and school history (academic transcript was the lawyer's translation). I have all that already in english, and I was going to send it to a company who calculates equivalences of those for the U.S. system, 100 dollars simpler version, 160 course by course. I don't know if it's alright to put the company name here, so PM me and I can share the link.

Thank you for your help though, I'll see into it closely! In Brasil, my 5 year graduation gives me a psychology license and bacharel degree. But as far as I understand, on U.S. I'll probably just have the Bachalor's degree, since, like you said, license requires a dr degree. But that is much better then nothing, so that is why I'll try and do that conversion with this education company. But I'll first see into what you wrote there and check if the state I'll live (Oklahoma) will accept it! Thank you very much!

Ok, e para todos vocês profissionais, recomendo fazer agora mesmo a tradução do diploma, histórico escolar e certidão de nascimento! Eu não sei se PRECISA ser juramentado, mas já que eu ia pagar para ser o mais perfeito possível, foi minha opção. Custou R$322, com 2 cópias do diploma, 3 da certidão, 2 do histórico, e dois envios de Sedex, por descuido meu, esqueci de assinar um documento. Cada estado tem alguns tradutores, creio, em Santa Catarina usei esta lista http://www.jucesc.sc.gov.br/index.pfm?codpagina=00012. Se os preços mudam ou não, não sei dizer, escolhi a mais próxima de minha cidade.

[dereka e dulcim 0]

Derek, the consulate probably already has the paperwork for the denied tourist visas, so it would probably be best to go ahead and say that she was denied a tourist visa, and explain the reasoning (probably insufficient ties).

Before deciding how to answer the question about work, I believe you need to look into licensing issues. There may or may not be reciprocity with the license, and I would guess there probably will not be (because laws and education requirements are so different in Brazil as in the US). More than likely, she will have to sit for your state's bar, which could be denied if she was not educated in the US and doesn't possess a JD. I don't know whether or not she has to have work authorization to be admitted to the bar, or to sit for the bar. In either case, she won't be able to practice as a lawyer without admission to the bar even if she has work authorization. Googling something like "(your state) state bar" will help you find out who she needs to talk to regarding the bar. It might be that in order to practice in your state, she has to go through law school (though she may be able to go into an LLM program instead of the JD program), or she will have to try to sit for the bar in CA or NY and try to get reciprocity through that.

(Unlike Derek, my Portuguese is absolutely wretched!)

Thanks K and L!

We are definitely going to mention the tourist visas if they ask, so my question wasn't really about that. It was about a specific question on Form 257a. Question 14 asks if she has ever been refused admission to the US. In an earlier question it asks if she was ever denied a visa. Because they ask this question separately, I imagine that question 14 refers to a refusal at the POE, but I wanted to be sure.

As to the question about occupation, we were more interested in how to answer the questions on the form than how to obtain a license to practice law in the US. One of my colleagues is Brazilian and is familiar with the process. Dulce ended up writing on form DS156 question 32 that she plans to work in the US, but does not have a speficic employer in mind yet. Hopefully this works, but I'm still open to suggestions! Carolina e James, tal vez este te ajuda.

Thanksl!!!

[K and L 27]

Are there forms specifically for the medical exam? My fiancé lives kind of far from one of the approved sites, but we'll be in Recife for the holidays -- we were thinking about trying to schedule the medical exam then rather than wait the month for it to be past the NVC. (It's not a huge deal if that's not possible, but it'd be nice!) The directions on the website just say to take a photo and ID (and, of course, the money for the exam and lab fees).

Edited November 3, 2009 by K and L

[Fe M 0]

K and L,

There are no forms for the medical exams. All you need is your passport, the pictures, the case number and if your fiancee has, her vaccination card. Just remember they are valid for 6 months. Make sure you call the clinic before and they will give you all the informations, if you dont think your case is going to take more than 6 months, sure do it.

[K and L 27]

Obrigada (Meu noivo é o brasileiro. Ele teria escrevido em português.) Nosso aplicativo deve ser fácil - neither of us have been married (or applied for a family-based visa before) or have criminal records, I make enough money to sponsor him, and I've been to Brazil a few times (with a visa, entry/exit stamps, boarding passes, cc/hotel receipts, and photos to demonstrate). I suspect if we get a RFE, it will be because my photocopy of my passport was too dark (you could still read it, but you couldn't make out the photos)... and I already have a new photocopy ready to go, so I'd just need to photocopy the RFE form & send it on its way, easy peasy.

Edited November 4, 2009 by K and L