Work & Travel halfway to Alaska - Part I
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We decided to use the program Work and Travel in the summer of 2010 with a friend. Read Work & Travel halfway to Alaska.
Part I. We chose a sponsor - CIP, made all the necessary documents, in winter we bought a job-offer to Alaska company Signature Seafood. All that was left was to close the session and that's it, hello America.
But everything was too smooth. On May 4 we received a letter from the sponsor that Signature Seafood has economic problems and we should not come to this employer.
And that was it! No alternative replacements, no compensation!!! And everything is ready: tickets to Seattle (Kyiv - Amsterdam - Seattle, 1100$) and things. In addition, it turned out that only the participants from the CIP sponsor were refused. 
So we decided to fly to Seattle ourselves, taking the money for the job-offer. Thus, we ended up in Seattle, but if it were not for one person - Alexander, we would have had a very difficult time. To him we are very grateful!
He met us from the airplane, we lived with him for the first few days, helped us with the necessary paperwork, and looked for a place to live. The housing was in Lynnwood, which is 20 miles north of Seattle.
Approximate cost of living - about 400-500$ for a room a month, although a family I know here rents an apartment for 700$ a month. It all depends on the neighborhood and the conditions. But we had enough.
After solving problems with housing and submitting documents for social security number, the question of work came up, with which, according to locals, in the period 2009-2010 was very difficult. We visited a lot of restaurants, fast food places and shopping centers, handed out our resumes. But in response we heard only promises to call back :) 
