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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:35:55 -0700
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> > 1) taxes : how much taxes will I pay for a stay of one or
> two years ?
> > The proposed salary is about $35K per year.
>
> You won't have to pay any taxes at all. That is: no federal, state,
> social security etc.: 0%
Only if it is a stipend by some founding organisation. If it is a true
salary paid by the university, he will have to pay income taxes (which
should not be too high for $35k). OTOH, in the later case, one normally gets
benefits such as 401k or health insurance whereas with a stipend one has to
look out and pay for insurance oneself.
>
> > 2) Which sort of visa do I need for me and my family ?
> > My wife will not work.
>
> You will probably need a J1. Your wife will get a J2. Actually, if she
> wanted to work, she'd be allowed to under a J2, but only a certain
> number of hours/week. Am (I'm not sure), possibly only on campus.
Unless it has changed within the last two years, a J2 work authorization has
no limitation in h/week or where one can work. The only limitations that I
am aware of (and my wife was working on a J2):
- Not the supporting income (but it can be more than what the J1 holder
gets)
- The authorization stops when the J1 elapses or is changed.
>
> > 3) Which solutions do exist to transport personnal stuff from
> > Switzerland to US ? How much it cost ?
The cheapest (especially if you stay only for 2 years) is to not ship
anything but sell off in Switzerland what you don't want to place in your
parent's basement :-) and use the money to go shopping at Goodwill/Salvation
Army stores and garage sales. Before you leave, you can have another garage
sale where you can sell the stuff again.
Best regards
Michael
> We did not have a big household at that time, and used SwissCargo to
> ship ca. 26 banana boxes to NYC. Cost was around SFr 1000.- But we had
> to release them ourselves and get them through customs, which
> took us a
> half day.
> There are commercial companies (look them up in SwissRevue), but they
> use containers and charge a lot more. On the other hand, you have
> doo-to-door service.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> --
> Bela Ban
> Fujitsu Network Communications
> (408) 895-1732
>
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