Hello everyone! Welcome back to my channel!
In this video I would like to tell you how I moved to the states
because lately I've been receiving many messages asking
how I moved and what process I went through.
To begin, I'd like to make it clear that I live in the States and not in Canada.
'cuz as I understood from the comments to my previous video
many people thought that I live in Canada
Usually when people ask me how I moved to the States and if
they can also use the same method
I say that for them this way probably won't work..
Because my story is a little bit different from others.
If you've been watching my channel for awhile now,
then you probably know that I'm a violinist.
When i was about 12 or 13, my older brother Alex
moved to the states with his wife who was getting
her nursing degree in Colorado.
His wife is not an american, she moved here when she was 17
to study at a christian college and eventually started the nursing program.
Again, if you've been watching me for awhile, you probably know
that around the same time my parents were going through a divorce.
When I was 15, my brother moved to Canada with his family,
because they found jobs there and were expecting a second child.
So they found jobs and a house.
That year I won several international competitions
that were held in Russia and Germany.
So my brother Sasha asked me to send him some
of the recordings of my performances.
This was nothing new to me, because he'd usually ask me
for my recordings, he was very proud of me after all
so he would show them to his friends.
After my brother and his family moved to Halifax in Canada
he mentioned to me that he might bring my recordings
to a violin professor at the university in Halifax.
I was 15, and just started studying at
the Mussorgsky Music College
I just finished 9th grade
So I didn't really have these hopes that I will
move to Canada and everything will be dandy.
But it so happened that around my 16th birthday
I received an email in English which I read
and thought that it was spam, so I deleted it.
I think any person who received spam before
can understand that anything that starts with the words
"Congratulations, you will [study/travel somewhere/etc] for free"
would make one suspicious.
So that was the reason why I deleted that email,
but later my brother asked me in our next conversation
whether I'd received anything from the university
and that's when I realized that I just deleted
my invitation letter from my university.
the next day I got another email with all
the documents to fill out and it also said that
I need to pass the TOEFL test.
Seven years ago I knew around four phrases in English.
I could say what my name was, that I play violin,
that I'm from Russia and how old I was.
While my brother was talking to the university administration,
I was freaking out cuz I realized that I need to learn English.
Pro tip - learn foreign languages.
When I asked my brother how I was admitted
without my high school diploma 'cuz I just finished 9th grade,
and without the knowledge of English,
He said that they created a program,
where I'd learn English and finish high school.
But the issue was that this program was only 9 months long
You might already know but there are 12 grades in North American schools.
So I had to complete 3 grades in 9 months,
While also practicing violin and performing quite frequently
because no one cancelled the whole violin thing
At the same time, I had six courses at school and everything in English.
So when I was learning English no one really
sat down with me to explain all the rules and how everything works.
I had to do it now and all at once.
For each course I had to write an essay
and then give presentations on each essay.
But I digress.
Today's topic is how I moved to the States.
And now you're probably thinking -
so what does all of this have to do with you moving to the States?
You probably think - tell us how you moved and how we can move.
And I'll answer to all of these questions right now.
First of all, I want to say that Canada is a wonderful country
and to be honest, I never wanted to leave after I got there..
The reason why I had to move from Canada
is that I was invited to study in Chicago
so I decided to go there to get my masters degree in violin performance.
But I'd like to give you some info for those of you
who are thinking to move to either US or Canada.
I think that Canada is much better than the US.
Perfect countries don't exist, but Canada is pretty amazing.
For example, in Canada a 14-year old can't go to a store and buy a gun.
You can move to the US in the following ways -
you can move through work,
so the knowledge of English is mandatory and the perfecter the better.
Usually Russian diplomas won't be accepted in both US or Canada
so you will have to take all the exams again..
Of course, if you have a significant other here,
you can get married and get a green card.
Obviously, another way is to apply for asylum (refugee status)
because many countries still persecute such individuals like LGBTQ+
In my opinion, every person deserves respect and happiness,
so if you are persecuted in your own country for some reason,
I would be very happy to help you and provide you
with the necessary resources, give you some links that can
help you move here as a refugee.
I don't know if I'm forgetting anything but if you know
of any other ways, the legal ones… please share them in the comments and I'll be very happy that you did!
for those of you who didn't know that I play violin,
I will also leave a link in the description box with
some of my performances
I think this video is a bit different than some of you might have expected.
But this is my story and that's how I moved to the States
And I almost forgot that when I came to Canada
about a year later my friends did a short documentary about me
If you also want to watch that the link will be in the description for you :)
You'll have a lot of things to watch!
Thank you for watching, I hope this video cleared up
how I immigrated to the states or I guess first to Canada.
If you have any questions, I'll be happy to respond
but I do apologize for taking a long time..
I'll try to respond faster, but I have so many messages to reply to..
So I am really sorryyyy!!!
Have a good day er'one, byeeee!!
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