u/SnooPears357

PP 03/19… still no update!

Man…. It’s starting to get me super annoyed. I know I still have 2 more calendar weeks to go, but I wonder if there’s any correlation with length of adjudication and RFE?

I’m not from any of the banned/paused country, from ROW.

I submitted PP on my own online, I received the receipt number via email. I believe I filed premium processing correctly.

Where’s everyone at right now?

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u/SnooPears357 — 3 days ago

Apartment viewing time

Hi all! I’m moving to CSU from out of state to start a new job.

Realistically, I can only be in FoCo in the week of 07/15 for apartment viewing. With an expected move-in date of 08/10. Wondering if that’s too late and if the inventory will still be available.

I’m planning to stay along in a 1B1B or studio apartment. Do you have any recommendations?

Thanks in advance!

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u/SnooPears357 — 5 days ago

Hi all! I accepted a new job in CO and I’ll be ~1h from DIA so it’ll be my new hub. However, my family is in Pennsylvania, PHL as my nearest airport.

I plan to take frequent trips, say once a month, back to Philly. Usually from Friday to Sunday/Monday. I work as a lecturer so I have strict schedule to follow. This context is important because I’m interested in GoWild but the lack of predictability in available flights could mean that I might miss my class or meetings on Monday.

On that note, how reliable are GoWild for PHL > DEN? Would you think the reliability from Discount Den is better than risking my work schedule with GoWild?

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u/SnooPears357 — 9 days ago

I have to caveat that I didn’t my BS or PhD in the US, but I’m from an English-speaking country.

After 2 years of postdoc, I’m starting as a TT faculty in an R1 school this fall. My teaching load is 40%, research is 50%, and the rest is service. This will realistically come up to 2-1 teaching load.

Is it common for a new faculty to start teaching in the first semester? I mean, by the time I start I only have 1 week before the semester starts to prepare my course materials, design the course curriculum, and etc. This sounds a short period of time to get all things ready! Should I start working on the materials before I officially start?

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u/SnooPears357 — 11 days ago
▲ 1 r/h1b

Reposting as this might be a a better subreddit for my question!

I’ll be starting a tenure track job in August 2026.

My J1 is currently active till 06/06. I’m not subject to 2 years home residency based what’s written on DS-2019 and visa stamp. I’m from ROW and not from any of the 75 banned countries.

Would I be able to successfully get a change in status from J1 to H1B before the end of my J1 (including 30-day grace)? Or should I request for J1 extension from my current institution for another 3 to 6 months?

Anybody has successfully done the change of status to H1b recently? What are potential issues?

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u/SnooPears357 — 15 days ago