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  1. i don't know why someone would say that ATMs in India do not work. Indian ATMs are like any other ATM in the western world. Foreign cards work in Indian ATMs. There is a max limit of Rs. 20,000 per day to withdraw from ATM. There is minimal transaction fee of Rs. 20 or 50. The exchange rate you get when you take money out is applied by your foreign bank and not by the Indian bank. I have used ATMs in India multiple times without any problems.
  2. Since you have mentioned that you have done good jobs in UK so I am not sure how interested you will be but I know lot of Punjabis when they first move to Canada, they get their PR through truck driving route.Since many Punjabis own trucking companies, you will need to find somebody willing to sponsor you but since there is a shortage of long haul truck drivers in Canada, you should be able to find it. I sometimes watch videos related to this and found videos from this one guy really educating. you can check his videos and maybe even contact him to ask the way you can get your PR. Maybe even meet him when you are visiting Canada. I have posted one of the links below. Also, each province has their Provincial Nominee Program which has certain job categories that are eligible to get Canadian PR. I know this route is used by lot of Indians. e.g. Retail jobs in Alberta are on the list that can help you get PR. I believe this also include Car salesman but not sure about it. Here is the link for Alberta Provincial Nominee http://www.albertacanada.com/opportunity/programs-and-forms/ainp-eds-semi-skilled-criteria.aspx You can check similar programs for other provinces also. Also, immigration consultants in Canada are required to be registered with ICCRC. You can check their website and find some Apney agents in all different provinces and ask them for their view based on your skill set and experience which category will suit you best. Good luck
  3. Jasdeep ji, I am in oil & gas industry. There are multiple challenges. H2S is one of them. Rigs in US that have H2S concerns do not allow anyone with facial hair to enter. Similar challenges are there in oil refineries. They have strict no facial hair policy and there are no exemptions. I don't know of any other Sabat Surat Sikhs working in oil & gas in US but I have a friend working in Oil sands in Canada and he told me that they used to allow facial hair but recently his company changed policy and Sikhs who refused to shave were transferred to office jobs. Also, I know couple of cases for guys coming from India for short term projects and they were sent back as the locations they required to work wouldn't allow anyone with beard. One of them was supposed to work on offshore platform in Gulf of Mexico and other guy came for a project in a Chemical plant. At one time I talked to Director of Sikh coalition at that time, Mr. Amardeep Singh and discussed with him this challenge as they were fighting legal battle for some sikhs to enter US Army and they were facing similar challenges as Army insisted on shaving to achieve the gas seal. Those guys were able to achieve gas seal with their beards by using regular masks. He was not sure how but he told me that some former Army and Navy Sikh officers from India helped them. I explained to him the challenge I was facing in oil & gas industry and he explained that in US, only way to bring change is by bringing lawsuit against the companies. I was not prepared for the full fledged war with my employer when they were so accommodating and asked other colleagues to go to locations that require shaving. So I just let it go for time being. I am sure that the mask you proposed will NOT be accepted in these locations and they will insist on shaving but at least I can argue the case if required. I am not sure if in Canada they have similar concept of bringing lawsuits to bring change or it can be done any other way. Thanks
  4. Jasdeep Singh ji, Great initiative from you to introduce this mask. I have been looking for such a mask for long time. Thanks for sharing.
  5. I once had to deal with Jehovah's witness couple trying to convert me. They asked me if I knew about their faith. I answered I know this much that in case I had an accident and needed a blood transfusion then their religion would rather let me die and not let me use medical science to save my life. On hearing this both of them just walked away.......
  6. this link should help you find a community health center in your area as mentioned in my post above http://health-centers.healthgrove.com/
  7. Guest Reet, I am not sure if you are still in School or not but when I went to school, our University provided up to 100 hours of free Psychiatrist counselling for students having depression or feeling suicidal even when they do not have Insurance. I know of people who used their services and are leading normal lives now. I would say if you are a student please check with health center at your university and see if they can provide counselling to you. If not, there should be other help groups in the area who should be able to provide you counselling without insurance. There are some community health centers which charge you based on your income. You need to bring a copy of your W-2 and if your income is low then you have to pay discounted price for their service. These prices are usually low in the range of $25-$50 depending upon the service. No insurance is required. You can check for such community health centers in your area. During your treatment, you can discuss with your counselor your situation in detail and get their professional advice on how to deal with your particular situation. Although this advice might seem like too western for somebody coming from India, but if it can help you keep your sanity then please take that advice and go on lead normal life. Sometimes relations become too much of a baggage to keep carrying them and you might have to let these go to be a successful person.
  8. Haven't traveled via Paris lately but usually these are the steps they follow. When you pass through metal detector and don't beep then they will just let you go. If you do beep then they will give you a pat down but not on turban. Only time I had a pat down on turban was when it beeped on my turban with hand held wand. I realized it was pagg pins but the security guy insisted that either its a pat down or taking off turban. I agreed to pat down and was let go after the pat down. In summary, easiest way to avoid this situation is to remember to remove your belt and kara and use minimum pagg pins before you go through metal detector.
  9. Not sure how you guys are able to read what has been claimed by the OP i.e. that the lawyer is claiming that women cannot wear turban details of the article are not legible from the screen shot that has been posted but whatever I could read from bold letters, it just says that this lawyer is fighting for the Pride of Turban and he has taken the issue to court. Also, case involves something about Salman Khan disrespecting Turban somehow in some movie.
  10. Does that really matter how many number of gurdwaras are in Italy when there are so many Sikh issues that have not been resolved in this country. I hate visiting Italy but for some reason I end up here every 2-3 months for work. Everytime I fly through Italian airport I have to take off my turban and put it in a tray so that they can scan it. The same trays which are used by other passengers to put shoes in there. One time I was so <Edited> off that I even opened up my turban to show him that it was just a piece of cloth and there is no way I can hide something in there. But he even scanned my open turban and swiped it to check for the presence of explosives. Ridiculous! Also, last time I went to eat at a restaurant, chef was a Sikh. He told me that as per Italian law he has to cut his beard. If he doesn't and the authorities come to check, they fine the restaurant. Instead of opening new gurdwaras everywhere, why don't we as a community concentrate on resolving these issues that are of concern to the community.
  11. Does anybody know which is the nearest gurdwara to Spresiano (TV) as I will be visiting this place quite frequently for next couple of months
  12. i completely agree with californiasardar. its not only the party girls that are not with the turbaned sikhs but some prominent sikh girls are also with not only clean shaven guys but rather hindu guys. i didn't want to point fingers at anybody but just to provide some examples for confused and floating, i will mention couple of names here. nothing personal against these sikh women but since they have earned name for themselves in the community i thought i wll start with them. i know other examples too but those people are not as active in community as these two. First contender is Valarie kaur. Very active in interfaith dialogue and sikh issues.http://www.valariekaur.com/. Check out her website and you will see how much work she does. On the other hand if you check her facebook profile you can figure out that she is in relation with a Hindu guy called Sharat Raju. Guy looks ugly to me but thats what this gem of our religion likes. Instead of a Amritdhari Singh, she likes a clean shaven black south indian guy. Another big contender for me is Neha Singh Gohil of Sikh coalition. She is western region director for Sikh coalition. Working great for Sikh rights in USA but married to a Hindu guy. There are countless other examples I can give, but such girls who are born in Sikh families and stand up for Sikh rights but still end up with clean shaven guys, tells you its not the only typical party girls who have problem with turbaned Sikh boys.
  13. I understand ppl are shocked to see this kind of picture but it is not only in western countries, it is becoming a common picture in Punjab too. If anybody is aware of place called "Nawabs" in Officer's colony, Patiala. It is owned by son of ex-DGP Punjab, M.S. Bhullar. It is sheesha place. You can go in there and for sure find turbaned sikhs smoking sheesha there. Things were so bad in that place with drunkards and druggists roaming around that when residents in that area protested against the place, owner used all his political connections to keep the place open and our panthic sarkar was helping them out. Tired of this non sense, residents went to court against them and court ordered it to be shut down about couple of months ago. I am not really sure if they did shut down or appealed against the decision.
  14. I have a story to share and have some questions based on that. Before you judge me I want to let you know that I consider myself a Sikh as I wear turban and keep untrimmed beard although not a true Sikh as I eat meat and drink alcohol. But I am not writing on this forum to discuss my belief in Sikhism but to ask some questions to Amritdhari Sikhs. I live in Texas and have worked for a multinational company for few years now. One of the managers in my Dept came to me couple of weeks ago and told me that one of his new neighbors is a Sikh and everybody in the neighborhood thinks he is a weirdo. When I asked him the reason for this view of everyone he told me that neither does he eat meat nor does he drink beer with these guys. So I explained it to him that it is not really allowed in Sikhism and what I am doing is considered a sin. That guy is really faithful to his religion and thats why he doesn't commit these sins. Then he asked me what is the status of women is Sikhism as he always treats his wife badly and this manager's wife doesn't like this going on in their neighborhood. But they try to stay away from it. I had hard time explaining this one as Sikhism regards women higher than men. Anyways I explained it to him the religious and cultural differences in Punjab and lot of stories about Sikhism always telling you the right thing to do but people committing sins as I was doing by eating meat and drinking liquor. We didn't have any discussions after that about Sikhism but today all of a sudden he came to me and started talking to me about another issue they have come with this Sikh neighbor of theirs. He told me that this guy is freaking out everybody in the neighborhood. He said "this guy always wears a turban, has a long beard , always wears his traditional white dress and on top he has big strap going around his chest and a knife hanging in there. Although the knife is in sheath but still everybody in the neighborhood is concerned about it and are discussing to call the Sherriff's office". Now this really got me concerned. Although it is perfectly legal to wear Kirpan but Texas is known for its racist law enforcement. Morevoer there have been incidents when people have been arrested unlawfully and fired from jobs for wearing Kirpans. Most of these cases end up with Sikhs ending up winners but it is too much hassle to go through. Also if this happens people around you who got you arrested or fired in first place would learn only that you can wear Kirpan because of religious reason but they won't really know the reason you wear it. Now based on this story I have few questions for Amritdhari Sikhs 1. If you wear your Kirpan on top of your shirt or Kurta, why can't you be little bit proactive and teach atleast your neigbors the significance of Kirpan so that they don't get freaked out and avoids you too much hassle to you. When that manager talked to me today about this issue, I opened Sikh Coalition website and printed a presentation they had it about Kirpan. That manager read the presentation and said now he understands why that guy has to wear it all the time and would take the presentation home and show it to his neighbors. It was that simple. I understand Guru da Sikh is not scared of law enforcement or any of his neighbor when it comes to following religion, but what harm does it do to be little bit proactive and give some pamphlets about Kirpan to your neigbors whenever you move in to a new place. 2. I understand you can't eat meat and drink liquor and avoid going to such an event but what is wrong in socializing by inviting them over to your house for some vegetarian dinner. 3. What is up with the bad treatment of women.
  15. for your situation you can try converting to student visa (F1) if you are still within status in USA there are Kaplan centers througout US which provide admission to International students for test prepartion Go to 1 of Kaplan centers near your location. Ask them for admission in TOEFL exam preparation. You can get on the spot admission and they provide you I-20. Using this I-20 apply for change of status to student visa using change of status form I-539. It takes about 2-3 months to get decision on your change of status. Till the time you get a decision, you will be in status. If you get your change of status approved, you can stay on student visa till you want. Just keep doing some courses. I would say, if you can come up with good enough reasoning to go for this course at Kaplan, high chances your student visa will be approved.
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