{"id":5342,"date":"2017-08-14T08:48:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T07:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/?p=5342"},"modified":"2022-09-12T14:11:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T12:11:13","slug":"12-hours-until-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/12-hours-until-take-off\/","title":{"rendered":"12 hours until take off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone!<\/p>\n<p><strong>My name is Maria and I am enjoying the last moments in Spain before my new life begins in New York.<\/strong> I am packing more stuff than I need, saying good bye to my friends and family for the fifth time and I am flying tomorrow to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panynj.gov\/airports\/jfk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JFK<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>I am an architect from Valencia, I graduated a couple years ago and I have had a couple different work experiences since then. Through studying architecture I always wanted to get to know different cultures and architecture styles. For this reason <strong>the United States and in particular New York always appeal to me<\/strong> and when I finished my last project in Valencia I thought it was the right moment to live the <strong>American experience<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The first step was to prepare a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thearchitectsguide.com\/blog\/10-architecture-portfolio-example-covers\">good looking portfolio<\/a> and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thearchitectsguide.com\/blog\/architecture-cover-letter\">enthusiastic cover letter<\/a>. I had everything ready and in a couple months. <strong>I lost track of how many emails I sent and applications I filled in, the routine of searching a host company felt like a job by itself.<\/strong> I received many answers to my applications and some of them led to several interviews. When during those I was asked about my Visa situation I always said \u201cNot a problem\u201d but I wasn\u2019t that sure at all. I did my own research and found <a href=\"https:\/\/j1visa.state.gov\/\">J1 Visa<\/a> as <strong>the optimal one for my situation and preferences<\/strong>, but only when I found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/#home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Architect-US<\/a> I believed it was going to work out.<\/p>\n<p>The Visa process was quite stressful but Patricia and Emilia of Architect-US guided me kindly step by step and everything went smoothly even when I was impatient and persistent \ud83d\ude42 <strong>They have been very professional and useful and overall I am happy with the experience with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/#home\">Architect-US<\/a><\/strong>. I encourage anyone who is interested in a similar program to get in touch with them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I can&#8217;t wait to start my training experience at MN and explore New York!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After different work experiences in my home country\u00a0I can&#8217;t wait to try something new and exciting in New York!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":5344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4577],"tags":[34,164,43],"class_list":["post-5342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-landing-in-the-u-s","tag-architectus-career-training-program","tag-j1-visa","tag-new-york"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>12 hours until take off - Architect-US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/12-hours-until-take-off\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"12 hours until take off - 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