06/20/08 PHD comic: 'Tijuana!'

[Greg Bernhardt]

Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com
<img src="http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive/phd062008s.gif" border="0" align="top"> title: "Tijuana!" - originally published 6/20/2008 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE! (http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php)




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[BaysianLogik]

Once she finally gets able to file her forms, she should be told she forgot to have her adviser sign the form saying he would support her as a student for the next X years.

[WarPhalange]

Reading Ph.D. comics is like watching a kid try to cut a slice of bread with the backside of a butter knife. You applaud the effort, but just have to look away.

[Moonbear]

Most people I know did the Canadian route. At least they knew they were in a country they could live in if there was a delay in reissuing the visa. We did have one student who was stuck in Canada...yep, that dreaded letter from his advisor was late. I think they ended up fed-exing it or something. We joked that it would be faster to drive to the border and hand it across. :rofl:

[Mykhaylo]

It is amazing how well PhD comics fits with events that happen in my life.

I am supposed to give a talk at the conference in US on 25th of june, i am trying to get a visa for one month already. I went through a lot of trouble to get it, yet i am still here in Germany, i do not have a visa and my flight is tomorrow. :(

[cristo]

I am supposed to give a talk at the conference in US on 25th of june, i am trying to get a visa for one month already. I went through a lot of trouble to get it, yet i am still here in Germany, i do not have a visa and my flight is tomorrow. :(

You don't need a visa to go to the US for a month if you're a German national, do you?

[Borek]

You don't need a visa to go to the US for a month if you're a German national, do you?

Fallacy - just because he is in Germany doesn't mean he is a German national.

[Mykhaylo]

yep, i am from Ukraine

[Borek]

My first idea was that your name places you east of me (I am Polish), but these times it doesn't have to be true.

[cristo]

yep, i am from Ukraine

Presumably you need a visa to live in Germany, then, so I guess you know how long the red tape takes!

[saskiiaa]

Ah yea I went to toronto to get it renewed. Much better place to be if you have those kinds of problems I bet. At least they will let you stay there longer with a European passport, haha.