I am just curious because I am in Guatemala, here you can find a lot of opportunities, worling as an RN however the monthly salary you are looking at is around US$500.00 per month Costa Rica must be around the same. I have my own HR Consulting firm, so I can help you within the field of selection and recruting. What does your boyfriend do? Costa Rica is a nice place to live we also have an HR firm there. If I can help let me know.

BTW: I have not seen negros there, not that I recall. I hope everything turns for the better.

S12, Sicko,
The skin colors may differ but affection dwells in white and black alike. Something your lacking.

not all of guatemala is bad. why don't you two go try a better area. i have heard there are nice places there. the pay is not much. but with you being an rn. you should be ok

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Originally posted by Engaged:
i KNOW, I DONT EVEN LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT.... WE PLAN TO GET MARRIED AND LEAVE THIS COUNTRY, HE CANT ADJUST CAUSE HE HAS CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS, FOR REAL STUPID THINGS BUT THEY STILL COUNT SO....HES BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE HE WAS 7.SO THIS IS PRACTICALLY ALL HE KNOWS. ALL HIS FAMILY IS HERE...HE DOESNT KNOW ANYONE BACK HOME BUT YEA THEIR MOM BROUGHT THEM

OVER WHEN THEY WERE KIDS...ALL HIS BROTHERS

ADJUSTED ALREADY EXCEPT HIM BECAUSE OF HIS RECORD, INFACT HE HAD HIS WORK PERMIT AND LOST IT...HE GOT DEPORTED AND CAME BACK ...HE GOT STABBED IN HIS COUNTRY BY GANG MEMEBERS (HE IS NOT A GANG MEMBER) SO HE WAS SCARED AND CAME BACK, THATS WHEN I MET HIM.....SO NOW I'M JUST LIKE LETS SAVE SOME MONEY AND GET OUT CAUSE THERES NO POINT IN STAYING HERE IF YOUR NEVER GONNA GET YOUR PAPERS.

He is probably really cute and good in bed too! I think if you will marry him, it will make him undeportable and tell your mom come up with a new line of threats - because this one is really stupid.

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Originally posted by Fightforwhatyoubelievein:
not all of guatemala is bad. why don't you two go try a better area. i have heard there are nice places there. the pay is not much. but with you being an rn. you should be ok

It's probably good, if you go on vacation with US dollars. I met a lot of guatemaltecas in NY, who work like dogs for very little money.So, after US- Guatemala? I hope they allow dual citizenship and young lady doesn't have to surrender her US one.

If you bring US dollars you will have a god time here, (Guatemala) if you live here (not earning US Dollars) Then life changhes dramatically, being bilingual is a must if you want to have an appropriate income.They do allow dual citizenship, The immigration process to obtain a permit to work is not expensive (around (US500.00) however you may need to wait around 2 years to be able to get it. In the mid time the best recommendationis to have your own business, working as a RN will not allow you to have the lifestyle you have in the US, your boyfreidn will need at least a masters degree to get a good job. One thing that is quite a surprise for me here is that you see people driving the nicest cars, (I seen more Benz and BMWs here than in Utah) and then you realize that most of the people driving such have no education, well there is a lot of fishy jobs here as well.
One thing I am sure is that it will be a lot easier to live here than in Costa Rica. my 2 cents.

Oh! I forgot, I seen a lot and I mean a lot of people whom are being deported even they were married to USC for years. There is usually a plane that arrives here on tuesdays and thursdays, a Marshall planes brings the deportees, every songle one gets interviewed and a background check is conducted, many of them are transferred directly to jail.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by bsanchez:
Oh! I forgot, I seen a lot and I mean a lot of people whom are being deported even they were married to USC for years. There is usually a plane that arrives here on tuesdays and thursdays, a Marshall planes brings the deportees, every songle one gets interviewed and a background check is conducted, many of them are transferred directly to jail.[/QUOTE


I may be wrong, but I was married to US citizen and illegal, that was of my concern at some point as well. I think I have read abut it somewhere. Then I am not latin, i am from Eastern-european block. It may made the difference as well,,,

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Originally posted by bsanchez:
If you bring US dollars you will have a god time here, (Guatemala) if you live here (not earning US Dollars) Then life changhes dramatically, being bilingual is a must if you want to have an appropriate income.They do allow dual citizenship, The immigration process to obtain a permit to work is not expensive (around (US500.00) however you may need to wait around 2 years to be able to get it. In the mid time the best recommendationis to have your own business, working as a RN will not allow you to have the lifestyle you have in the US, your boyfreidn will need at least a masters degree to get a good job. One thing that is quite a surprise for me here is that you see people driving the nicest cars, (I seen more Benz and BMWs here than in Utah) and then you realize that most of the people driving such have no education, well there is a lot of fishy jobs here as well.
One thing I am sure is that it will be a lot easier to live here than in Costa Rica. my 2 cents.

And safer for young lady as well. In latin countries women are disposable. Men are running around - machistas- and women are house guests.

Sesaria: Now that you mention, it is quite something here how women are so discriminated, don’t care what race or color. On the job applications, they usually ask everything to the male candidates but female, even the most ridiculous questions as: if she planning in having more children and why? If the female candidate is single, some questions are? Do you party frequently? and with whom? Then they send private investigators to the candidate’s home to verify everything and I am talking about a basic skills job, management for women ummmm… very hard to get.

When we visited my in laws, the very first time my wife sat next to me to talk to everyone present, her mom called her and told her to cook for something for me, because she supposed to serve me. My mom, !wow¡ she though we were having marital problems because she found me doing the dishes after cooking (I love, love to cook) it is my favorite hobbie. After 5 years our family does not communicate with us much because we are weird. My wife is my partner not my servant, that mentality has created great problems for us.

According to the criminal code in Guatemala (current law) If a woman its raped, but she had a bad reputation among her community there is no crime to prosecute, Now if she is under 16 the offender must (seriously MUST) marry her to repair the damage.

It is very normal to see Men over 30 years old living together with girls among 14 to 16 years old, and there no law against that. In some small communities women can not take any control birth methods because the church does not allow it and because they may get stoned to death.

What worries me is to have a baby girl here which is disable, believe that is worse.

This is very sad! Part of it, that south american countries are conservatively catholic,but also that old school mentality is make it hard for women to enjoy womanhood. There are big concern in Mexico, about young woman, raped and killed by police, left to die in desert. Of course, they come here, they enjoy more than just wages, but respect and safety.Sometimes when I here od see on Internet some of abuse stories, it becomes really hard to believe that this is today's world. Dios de bendigo!