Immigration

If you are like me, you have reached a juncture where everything is great, but also depends on a damn lottery. When I was in this position in 2021, it was very stressful, and not knowing what my fallback options are was even more stressful. To help with that, I…

2022 was the year of weddings in Russia — most couples of my age were getting married all over the country. Actually, I married my wife in the mid of April too, and I can remember at least five more weddings among my close friends. So what is the reason…

I’m not going to tell you a story. Stories are for people, and you’re just something I dreamed up, long ago, back when I was still afraid of sleep. Something I hugged close to the chest to keep the night terrors away. Don’t really think there’s anyone I can tell…

I came to Australia in 2009 — fourteen years ago. Four years later I became a Permanent Resident, and eleven years later, a citizen by conferral. Yet, today in 2023, I remain as a permanent tourist in this strange land. As a new immigrant, back in 2009, I felt a…

We recently also published our list of the Top Canadian Startups To Watch in 2023. Canada may have a small population but that does not mean that the country has a poor startup ecosystem. In fact, the Canadian ecosystem frequently creates an array of top startups. …

Something is changing. I have been an immigrant nearly all my adult life. First in the UK, then USA and currently in France. Movement and change were my wings. Lately, or perhaps for a long time now, I’ve felt clipped. An emptiness pervades my insides, as if the being of…

Today marks one week since we landed on foreign soil. I wish I could say this first week has been a crazy adventure (and, of course, in some ways it has been) but actually this week has felt *almost relaxing. The weight of hoping and praying that we’ll get through…