Timeline for Expatriates sucks because most questions are about Immigration
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| Jul 2, 2018 at 12:43 | comment | added | Douglas Held | I'd like to follow up on my observation from two years ago. Apparently, Travel.stackexchange.com ALSO sucks now, for the same reason. I just scrolled through a page of 30 travel questions, and all but 19 of them concerned visa applications, including multiple people asking how to make the best of their situation after having violated the immigration rules of their host countries. I think it is a sign that people are transnational now, and governments have really not caught up with this trend, except for the occasional minor panic about a "migrant crisis". | |
| Jun 13, 2018 at 22:00 | comment | added | la femme cosmique | I've seen a few instances where questions like "how does this particular thing in the French healthcare system work" are voted to be closed because it's not about emigrating. Except that these are, I feel, the kinds of questions this community is about - maybe you don't know the local language or the local administration very well because -- you've guessed it -- you're an expat. Surely that's on topic! But I've been surprised here more than once. | |
| Sep 5, 2016 at 8:57 | comment | added | Gala | Note that asking a question to be able to post your own answer is perfectly fine (if that question follows the guidelines). | |
| Sep 3, 2016 at 10:43 | comment | added | Gala | Yeah, how can we get rid of all these brown “immigrants” and their visa problems and all these newcomers who want to partake in our lifestyle? | |
| Sep 3, 2016 at 10:39 | answer | added | Gala | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 31, 2016 at 16:23 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 25, 2016 at 8:05 | comment | added | jmort253 | @phoog - I didn't ask on meta, I said I'd be interested in asking, as an example of an on-topic question. ;) If I have time, I may ask on the main site. Time is not something I feel I have a lot of at the moment. Cheers. | |
| Feb 25, 2016 at 6:54 | comment | added | phoog | @jmort253 actually, as a US expat you are supposed to vote in the state you last lived in. The state does not need to "believe you are still a resident." But that's off topic for meta. Ask on the main site! | |
| Feb 11, 2016 at 12:41 | comment | added | Douglas Held | (*) where the asker's situation is identical to mine, and I know for a fact that the law underlying the question has not changed (in my country, the immigration law is redesigned with every new government change) | |
| Feb 11, 2016 at 12:40 | comment | added | Douglas Held | Dan that's a very good question. If I could get to the heart of it, I am here because I have learned a lot in the years since I left my home country, and I would like a chance to help others by answering questions. But, I am unqualified qualified to answer 100% of immigration questions; and I can only offer helpful advice in a narrow 0.1% (*). I think that immigration questions - unless our site is full of immigration lawyers willing to give advice for free - are going to attract low quality answers based on guesswork. | |
| Feb 7, 2016 at 2:05 | comment | added | Dan Getz | I'm having trouble understanding your proposed solution, and feel like I'm missing something that you might be able to spell out better. You feel an almost-empty site would be more welcoming for interesting questions than one containing boring questions? | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 13:45 | comment | added | Douglas Held | Hi jmort253, you need to register in a state that believes you are still a resident somehow. vote.usa.gov | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 4:40 | comment | added | jmort253 | Immigration is a huge huge piece to the puzzle of being an expat. If you've ever had the experience of working in another country, the laws and the amount of paperwork you must create, compile, photocopy, collate, print, staple, sign, and stamp can be staggering, especially in India. With that said, I'd be interested in information on how to vote remotely because that will be something that will come up with me. So if you don't ask it eventually, I will. :) | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 13:18 | comment | added | Douglas Held | I've been a transnational for more than ten years now. I would rather answer questions for others. BUT: I am not an immigration lawyer. | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 2:15 | comment | added | drat | As StrongBad says in his answer, I think the best way to change this would be if you'd ask some interesting questions yourself! | |
| Jan 31, 2016 at 15:45 | answer | added | StrongBadMod | timeline score: 15 | |
| Jan 31, 2016 at 15:14 | history | asked | Douglas Held | CC BY-SA 3.0 |