What is all this Jade Helm 15 stuff about?

[kingjason]

No one is getting a visa, even if they meet all prerequisites. You have to prove that you're going to make a contribution to society that can't be matched through local resources.

Bermuda was this way to even work there. They had to run three adds in the local paper and have no qualified candidates. They would then fly you over. Your wife had to be employed also or they would boot her. That's what I should have done when I was married the first time. She could never hold a job!

[Ruffdaddy]

Do they have history degrees from Baylor?

No one is getting a visa, even if they meet all prerequisites. You have to prove that you're going to make a contribution to society that can't be matched through local resources.

Just googled about that shit and it appears BMC is right...they're being really selective and only picking based on actual need. It appears like here, its all the STEM people that are needed and thus getting preference.

[Ruffdaddy]

Becoming a resident may be a different story.

[Ruffdaddy]

I never saw a coworker have trouble getting into Australia, but maybe that's a specialization thing, or a different type of visa.

[Moose242]

No one is getting a visa, even if they meet all prerequisites. You have to prove that you're going to make a contribution to society that can't be matched through local resources.

Pretty much this. It is even hard for married (to an Australian), working people to acquire residency.

[Trip McNeely]

Lol

[BMCSean]

No one is getting a visa, even if they meet all prerequisites. You have to prove that you're going to make a contribution to society that can't be matched through local resources.

Do they have history degrees from Baylor?

[Denny]

And what's stopping you from getting a visa? You're in the perfect age range, good English, degreed, have spent time there...etc. I've always heard its easy to get a visa if you're "skilled labor", but thats always been from employers trying to convince people to go there.

No one is getting a visa, even if they meet all prerequisites. You have to prove that you're going to make a contribution to society that can't be matched through local resources.

[Forever_frost]

Shit, I would be there tomorrow if I could get a damn visa.

But a military exercise is hardly a reason to freak the hell out.

I'll be there next month. I'll tell Sydney you say hi.

[Ruffdaddy]

And what's stopping you from getting a visa? You're in the perfect age range, good English, degreed, have spent time there...etc. I've always heard its easy to get a visa if you're "skilled labor", but thats always been from employers trying to convince people to go there.

[Ruffdaddy]

Shit, I would be there tomorrow if I could get a damn visa.

But a military exercise is hardly a reason to freak the hell out.

My guess is the scale and the idea of training on civilians. But all of it stems from mistrust in the administration. If bush did this, it probably wouldn't be as much of a fuss unless it was northern states or California.

[Moose242]

Shit, I would be there tomorrow if I could get a damn visa.

But a military exercise is hardly a reason to freak the hell out.

[Moose242]

Shit, I would be there tomorrow if I could get a damn visa.

But a military exercise is hardly a reason to freak the hell out.

[Ruffdaddy]

Why are people freaking out about this when they didn't care about Rolling Sands (that was actually the largest military exercise in history) back in 2001? Rolling Sands went on without incident, martial law or any governors ordering their state’s guard to monitor what the military was doing.

Same reason you ran away to Australia...scared of an untrustworthy govt

[Sean88gt]