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2020-10-12

  • ☀️Daily Log:
    • Canadian applying for US credit card
      • Is hard because the lack of credit history in the US
      • No SSN
      • Best guide I found
        • Which recommends a service called Nova Credit to transfer Canadian credit for US credit card applications
        • The best American Express cards suggested were Hilton, Everyday Cash and Bonvoy
        • But because I think the hotel points is not valuable for me right now, I applied for the Everyday Cash card as my first card
        • No annual fees and good decent sign up bonus is good enough reasons
        • Call American Express to finish the application process
          • Had to call TD and change my address
          • Call AMEX and have them call TD to verify my address
          • Wait 10 business days for the cards arrival
    • Call with law firm to go over TN application interview
      • Focus on engineering aspect and civil/transportation, downplay the software part
      • When travelling in and out of the US while on the TN status, make sure the I-94 report stays correct
      • Why do I need to be physically in the US? Answer this truthfully and say that there are aspects to my jobs that requires me to be physically at site
      • Print the first I94 report, it is useful for a lot of applications
      • If they ask whether I will become a US citizen. Say not planning on it, short term plan is to work
      • Send a passport stamp, send i-94 to Carrie
      • Summarize anything unexpected to Carrie, let her know if they ask why I should physically be there
    • Watched a WSJ video on [[UBI]] experiment in South Korea and its initial success
    • Finish Chapter 8 of [[Modelling Transport]]
  • Retrospective::
    • One week ago: [[October 5th, 2020]]
    • One month ago: [[September 12th, 2020]]
    • One quarter ago: [[July 12th, 2020]]
    • One year ago: [[October 12th, 2019]]