Well, at least these gals have water! (Photo by: Derek Key (CC BY NC SA)
So, here I sit in San Francisco, counting on the idea that I will be granted a work visa to work in Sweden soon. I am hoping it will happen by the first of November.
I received a job offer from an industrial software company in Stockholm in August. I will work as a Marketing Writer and Technical Writer for the company whose business language is American English. They need help re-writing their website content and other collateral, as well as interviewing clients for white papers, writing technical manuals, and other tasks.
It’s been nine weeks since the HR department helped me apply to the Migration Board (Migrationsverket) for my visas. At this point, I know nothing about how it’s progressing. I was assigned a number and I daily enter it into the Board’s website where you can check the progress of your application but all it ever shows is this enigmatic message: Read more » >>
