Personal Narrative: My Immigration To United States

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Rough Draft My Immigration to United States People from different corners of the world come to United States for various reasons. Some come here for religious freedom and some in search of better future. I was born and brought up in a small village in India. After completing my bachelors in electrical engineering, I thought of moving to United States. I immigrated to United States on June 2012. I was both nervous and excited as well. My immigration to United States was a remarkable process as it was followed by series of problems, and a fact that is an entrance to the new world without any religious and cultural restrictions. As the Boeing 777 landed at Miami International airport, I was nervous, tensed and excited as well. That was just the beginning of my search for better future. I was off the plane and I started walking towards immigration checkpoint. At that time my mind was fully tensed, as I knew that immigration agents were really…show more content…
As soon as I arrived to United States I faced immediate challenges including securing a job, finding a place to live, buying food and groceries, enrolling myself in school, lack of ability to speak fluent English etc. Though I graduated from an English medium school in India, I had problems while interacting with people over here. This was obvious as India follows British English. I had to live at a place where living conditions were very poor. I received my social security number after two months after my arrival. Till then I was not employed legally and I worked at a restaurant where I was paid less. Almost all the food items here consists of meat and other non vegetarian stuff. So I had to cook my own food. I enrolled myself in a college for Associates in Electrical Engineering. It was totally different from India as the classes over here are fully computerized. First few months were tough for me, but conditions got better as I was getting used to

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