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I received an offer letter from a university abroad, should I continue to interview locally until my visa application goes through?
I have received an offer letter from a university abroad, which I am likely to accept. The country however has a very stringent immigration policy and a very complicated and lengthy visa application ...
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Ethics of soliciting letters for US permanent residency application?
I recently received a request from a postdoctoral associate working at another institution to "write a support letter" for his residency application. I put the statement in quotes because the ...
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How long is it reasonable to wait for a graduate student or postdoc to obtain a visa?
For a recent position for which an offer has been made, a colleague of mine has been waiting for more than eight months for a visa to be issued. Is there any reasonable point at which it makes more ...
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Is it ethical to ask the postdoc employer to cover my trips for visa purposes as well as my main travel fees?
I will soon start doing a postdoc in country A, and the employer says there will be a generous relocation package. My home is in country B and I did my PhD in country C.
The question is: in order to ...
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