Poster: A snowHead
|
Prospective new US immigration law - the Senate immigration bill - offers bilingual/multi-lingual ski instructors improved visa opportunities ...
... scroll halfway down this report ...
http://www.islandpacket.com/2013/07/15/2576080/inside-the-immigration-bill-details.html
Quote: |
Pages 1037-38 describe how they could have an easier time entering and working in the U.S. under a visa program normally reserved for athletes and entertainers and allows them to stay in the country for up to 10 years.
Dave Byrd, who specializes in immigration issues for the National Ski Areas Association, said the multilingual foreign instructors are magnets attracting skiers from all over the world. The visitors might prefer lessons in their native tongue. |
|
|
|
|
|
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
|
Sounds good, anyone know when this might actually happen? I've been considering marrying an american to get to Aspen but this might be the easier option.
|
|
|
|
|
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
|
You're doing it wrong.
You get to Aspen and then marry an American
|
|
|
|
|
You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
|
Mike Pow, I thought the Cougar in Aspen Extreme was supposed to be a Brit.
|
|
|
|
|
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
|
Unlike Sasquatch, there's more than one
|
|
|
|
|
You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
|
Interesting to see how many moni-lingual Brits will make the effort to learn a second language - the bar for linguistic ability in the second language will probably be set quite high. Japanese would presumably be a good one - and Mandarin? Can't imagine very many French or Austrian skiers go to N America.
|
|
|
|
|
|
I'm a bilingual instructor.
English and American
|
|
|
|
|
|
pam w wrote: |
Interesting to see how many moni-lingual Brits will make the effort to learn a second language - the bar for linguistic ability in the second language will probably be set quite high. Japanese would presumably be a good one - and Mandarin? Can't imagine very many French or Austrian skiers go to N America. |
More French than you'd think but the money languages are Spanish (which lots of Americans now speak) or Portugese I'd think. Japanese more prevalent in Canada than US for some reason from my observation.
|
|
|
|
|
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
|
Japanese companies bought into Canada in the 80s and 90s and the tour operators brought Japanese holidaymakers.
They've stayed steady.
|
|
|
|
|
|
fatbob wrote: |
pam w wrote: |
Interesting to see how many moni-lingual Brits will make the effort to learn a second language - the bar for linguistic ability in the second language will probably be set quite high. Japanese would presumably be a good one - and Mandarin? Can't imagine very many French or Austrian skiers go to N America. |
More French than you'd think but the money languages are Spanish (which lots of Americans now speak) or Portugese I'd think. Japanese more prevalent in Canada than US for some reason from my observation. |
For sure, I've heard some resorts in the States will make visas happen for Portuguese speakers already. Almost all my Brazilian clients here in Chile ski in Snowmass in the Winter.
|
|
|
|
|
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
|
Mike Pow wrote: |
You're doing it wrong.
You get to Aspen and then marry an American |
Haha, my roommate here just did his first season in Aspen, he said it was pretty much exactly the same as Aspen Extreme, I can't wait for the visas to get sorted out!
|
|
|
|
|
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
|
Ah yes, Portuguese of course - I thought of Spanish but there are so many Spanish speakers it didn't seem likely to be a selling point. Portuguese is (I am assured by friends who are learning it) much harder for an English speaker to learn than Spanish.
|
|
|
|
|
|
pam w, Brazilian Portuguese is a 'little' easier to learn with than the native as the speech pattern in Brazil is slower and demonstrates verbal punctuation . . . I can remember my first time in Portugal and as far as I could tell it was Polish spoken backwards.
|
|
|
|
|
|