[000:00:00;00] ah, on august 21, we were already in america, we came from ukraine to warsaw, from warsaw to the airport in new york, from new york we already came to the neuhenscher cinema where i am now , uh, in general, here is what to write about filling out these papers to leave is quite a difficult story, because first you are there and you wait for six months or more to see if they agree to your presence in the states , er, then there, after you have already arrived, you have several forms there and insurance for medical situation pile pile pile pile of papers that are needed

to fill out and it's actually a bit boring. i'll ask anastasia about finding a sponsor. i never thought she'd ask, but the question sounds exactly like how to find a sponsor in the united states of america, because i know there's a certain site where people who want to offer their help register. please tell me if there are many such offers or if you agreed immediately. look at a few moments. first of all, i came here for the tourist attractions immediately after the invasion began . sponsors and as the guest already mentioned, adding documents can take some time and i actually help some ukrainians in the online com unity or in a charity fund to fill them out about sponsors and there is a website welcome us and now i am new

where in theory there should be sponsors, they are there, but sponsors are already being collected. let's say this very quickly, so the more correct strategy is if you have a friend you know. so what can help you? there are several legal points regarding this. formally, this person is called a supporter and it is important in all american legislation because these people do not bear legal responsibility for you and this is good because it means that finding a sponsor can be easier because it is difficult to take responsibility for another person, but there is even a church, there are even some organizations in particular the charitable foundation where i work, he remembers working, and as a volunteer, he helps sick children on sma , they find sponsors in these children on their own. and my site is not so effective , it is more effective to have some acquaintances, in particular, how

did she translate, did she translate for american people who do not know the ukrainians whom they invited, and i was a translator who helped these families meet ukrainians. that is, it turns out that a sponsor is purely a person with the help of which you enter the territory of the united states and legally remain a sponsor - it does not mean that he is financially somehow you supports, provides you with housing and yes, katya . let's answer this question already. hmm, regarding the sponsor, the sponsor is your leading person in the usa, your friend, and they don't owe us anything, but if the sponsor, for example, understands the situation of the ukrainians he can give you some money if you don't have work authorization yet, if you can work where you can if you don't have money, but they don't owe you anything, they're just a guide, they're filling in with you, they say

that you really are this person goverent, that is, the u.s. government, it confirms that it confirms that you are, that you are, here are your passport data, the sponsor's passport data, and through the sponsor, you are already issued a humanitarian password when you enter the united states, and then you can stay for two years so a where to live then, is there any kind of social housing provided by the state anastasia, i can add that yes, actually, the state expects that you will live with a sponsor or the sponsor will finance you, as i also translate for registration in massachusetts, i know with the help of the state gives and this may differ from state to state, but there is a permit for financial assistance . some others are afraid of insurance, but housing, in particular, imagines that before you receive a work permit, you will live with a sponsor or in some way. currently, this

has also been made easier, because they did so that ukrainians they can work until they get the right to work. where do you live? anastasia. i actually live with friends. yes, with friends. and you, kateryna , as far as i saw from your photo, live with your sponsors, yes, some kind of party. no, when we came to america for one day, we stayed with sponsors for the next days, we already lived in our own apartment, we rented it, but uh, it turned out in terms of funds. because the apartment here is quite expensive, uh, about $ 2,000, ah, we decided so, yes, the government, since we are ukrainians, and we are paid some funds. the church from ours sponsors helps us pay half and we use our own funds provided by the government for our own needs. we also pay. this is my situation. and in general

, there is no social housing as such. if the sponsor does not provide housing correctly , there is no other program in the united states. okay, how much does housing cost? then anastasia, excuse me one more question for kateryna in continuation and then for you, er, i also wanted to add that housing costs $2,000 and more is a little less, but in general from $800 to $1,000 per person. i still wanted to to add that this is not always the case, for example, the church will pay half from the sponsors , or we will pay from the government when, er, two people who came here, me and my mother, will work for us , we already have an authorization for work. that is, we are not americans, but we will have enough to say benefits, but opportunities to pay, work, and live , that is exactly what is given the opportunity to work. this

is very important. anastasia, you said that you volunteer, but you also work in an agency , translating documents of some kind. as far as i am concerned, i understand, this is a paid job, how much is it highly paid or vice versa. and this is a relative question . look, i am a volunteer, and in the agency there is help with documents, and i translate the letter with documents, and do not send the elements of the agency. this is massachusetts, they do not give certain help to refugees there, and i translate and communicate completely. ah with a kis-manager for the employment team with the e-e legal team, i.e. i translate on a call or on zoom circle ah and this money is paid approximately $20 per hour and this is an official job yes, it is a lot or a little, but at the level of the united states of america, i will tell you that the minimum badge

, that is, the minimum salary for labor is 315 dollars, then it is not the minimum and that is already good . from these funds, that is, if you have a salary of $17, approximately 12% is simply taken from each of your hours and each state has different, for example, new humansi is a small percentage of the tax, but in california it is quite large if , for example, you have a salary of two 20 dollars on an hour is pretty good, well, it's pretty good money, but california, for example, will take more than 12%. yes, i know that some americans even move from state to state if they want to do business, for example . please tell me, anastasia, what is your work schedule, are

you overloaded, do employers respect the rights of their employees? look at this, where i work, this is... work as a partner yes and i am just now starting another job full time and they create a schedule in advance and they too they don't overload me in any way. we create a schedule, we agree and actually apply it, and they work within the frame- uh-uh, almost always when there is a non-emergency situation, they will work within the usual framework for up to 5 hours, but the time is eastern time, and yes, the truth is that there are different taxes . in texas, for example, there is no interfax, that is, there is no nato income, yes, income tax, uh, how do you get to work, how far is it, and what kind of transport

do you need to go to this job ? so i see the car in principle on and if i had another job, well, i move around the city freely, they loaned me a car for uh, acquaintances from the nearby university, that is , there is a big university here, and i met a woman, and she gave me a bottle on the very first day, and she lent me a car, and here i am in it food for 10 months, but it’s interesting, and driver’s licenses need to be somehow certified in the united states , uh, exchanged for their model. do ours work there? first of all, it’s very important , you can’t unite all states by a, including by driver’s license, and everyone read it is very necessary, it is different, eight states require an international international license, there is such a green book

, but it is not green, but pink. other states, for example, mine, have the so-called mutual recognition and you can drive here for up to one year under ukrainian rights, ordinary, not international, and then you still need to get local rights, that is to pass the theory and pass the actual driving test is interesting this is such an important nuance because in many european countries our driver's license is valid and it is convenient yes but it also seems limited in time for a year but some countries now continued because it has already been a year of a full-scale war. katya is a student and we are extremely interested to hear what faculty you study at, at which university, and in general, under what program you were allowed to stay in the united states, is it possible for free? - it's not like great britain, you don't have the opportunity

to study for free if it's legal, uh , absolutely nothing, they don't represent anything to you, but in general, each university is diverse. and for example, kinstate university college is uh, it's a college in america, there are more than three thousand students studying there in various specialties, since i'm almost a bachelor in my university of culture, i'm studying to be a tv journalist and presenter, so here i decided to take an acting course, and why, in general , when i arrived, i think oh, how cool it would be to study in america and feel like a student . and now one woman from the university writes to me that we have a special women's committee, which if you have a difficult situation in life

allows you to visit and provides several credits for what you are studying and i was offered some several positions, if i am interested in art, then television journalism, acting and hm, then vocals, i chose acting skills - that's four credits, and i've been studying it since about january . and what are four credits, tell us oh, it's actually quite a difficult story here , you have to go to university. but it turns out that the total number of credits indicates that you're a good person and you're graduating from university. each a class has its own credits, for example, i want to study to be an actress let's take this position and i must pass three classes and add

a few uh , a few that you want just to choose you have two credits, you studied well, you have four credits, or they may not give credits at all , for example, our teacher is now saying, friends, if you don't study, they won't give you credits, but hmm, i think you know how the credits were scored - it's how you scored them you summarize you summarize and then they give you, for example, you finish this course. well done. yes, you have four credits upon graduation. if i’m honest, i don’t want to make a mistake. i don’t know how many credits you should have when you graduate from the university. it’s interesting . the system is very different from ours, really significantly. anastasia, you have two daughters, and i wonder how are they studying and do they know or did they know the english language before you moved? how

did they adapt? thank you for the question . also, i will add that you need 60 credits to graduate from a sushi for the country so-called and 120 for a bachelor’s degree and you can compare credit with hours, this is approximately an academic hour, moreover, in our diplomas it is indicated in the obolon system, credits are already indicated . and my education is very simple, i study computer science poltava student for 12 credits - each state recognizes it differently a 15-12 but it's hm in fact er full timestudied when you have a 12th hour a-a

a week plus should be additional, i also study at colleges, i will pick up, i took a notebook. and this is just a tactical two-year study, but in addition to my bachelor's degree, it will give me a good opportunity to study for a master's degree. determine for our viewers that you worked in ukraine in a company that developed software ensuring that you are correct in your specialty well, approximately, at least you are studying this is absolutely true, you are absolutely angelika and i exactly stated that with this study i want to strengthen the expertise that i already have and gain learning experience american and by the way, it was very, very valuable for me. i recorded one video on how to figure out where to go to study because it is quite difficult and the system is different both before and after and as kateryna ato already noted

categories of subjects with which you choose, for example, one humanitarian chooses what you want, one scientific chooses what you want and makes a schedule, for example, my schedule is such that it allows me to work . i wonder if you were given any benefits as a ukrainian refugee. are you still fully i paid for everything myself. and i. look at that and yes. no. and they didn’t give me any benefits . moreover, in america there is such a feature, it’s good, and in the foyer , students are presented as a locality. that is, you will not receive an international price for your studies, but you are here is the understanding of outstate, i.e. if you are not a resident of the state, and some states have rather complicated conditions to become a resident, you need 12 months to own something, not just to rent, but to own property in the state, or to work

full time. and then this difference is outside the state and within the states it is marked three times, that is, i pay that i am not from the state, that is, three times more than the local one, how much does one loan cost there, so that we understand what is growing, and one loan, and not one loan, but one, but three, of course, the course is approximately three loans , usually that is, of course and it works out there three academic hours plus homework per week it costs me about 1300 and so it would cost about $450,500 ugh $1300 it is clear that on the other hand i received favsa it is federal aid to students and it is not free. that is, it is a loan, but they are interest-free for two years for me, that is, i do not pay anything for two years, and

then it will be possible to pay, and also receive both installments and installments, yes, but i do not pay anything for two years, i do not pay anything, how only i graduated in i finished studying for any reason because i graduated or i left six months after that and the student has to start paying this is at most 8%, that is, i think that this is also help, for example well, i apply for all scholarships for children, then they in i was taught english before that, but one thing is that here it grew quickly katya please tell me how you study in the states, how is the study and the attitude towards students different because you also studied in ukraine on the artistic principle of the profession, so i actually like it very, very much how do teachers treat students and they don't separate anyone, they will never say that you

are doing wrong. finally, if, for example, people watch from acting courses, they understand that everyone always puts animals for six months, we put animals here. we watch interviews of various actors, we analyze their work, that is, there is already a moment as if you are preparing to go on stage, and i really, really like it, just what i wanted . there are difficulties because it's all in english and if you don't understand some terms it will be difficult, for example, yesterday there were assignments and tests, and i had a difficulty not only in the fact that i don't understand the profession, but also in the fact that i, for example, did not understand some terms and, also, if

we compare ukrainian education here, too i'm here people treat more to what kind you want to learn or not want you to all have a good attitude to everyone you make such doltedrs so so so so do all of them i think it seems like this is a trend culture what is what well, no, never, no, there have never been any disrespectful, respectful attitudes towards students , even you can even say, oh, i'm sorry, i didn't have time to do it today. well, i didn't have time to do it, or it's possible, i'll bring it tomorrow , no, it's not possible. she gave us an e-e in advance to our e-e classes and said, you have this opportunity to rewrite it, there is no such one, well, there is simply no choice , you will not be able to rewrite it if, for example, you did not

have time or there are other positions i i think that they still work, but the relationship is good at a decent level, so not a child, anastasia, it’s interesting that they have no problems at school there , maybe they weren’t insulted by classmates because they are other children, maybe they don’t understand everything in english like that, ah, you know, eh with school. i think we were lucky. my children had two schools. my older one was in one all the time, and the younger one changed schools because there was no lower class there, no one insults them , they help you a lot, my older one had a lot of friends right away, she adapted immediately , she missed ukraine a lot, but still we found friends in our first school, less than my child, i was ukrainian, and we got to know the boy and, accordingly, the mother

's family, and we were very happy, and we have a very supportive school, moreover, that week we did they did ukraine day so that we they told us about ukraine in this school, although we are actually there . well, two families of ukrainians and refugees, we are the only ones who are interested in what to talk about such a phenomenon . why is everyone constantly gaining weight on it? did you encounter such a problem? kateryna. oh, i was driving and thought that here everyone eats, oh, tonskendonatsii , everyone eats salt, burgers, hamburgers, and this is actually the case in my state, for example, and well, everyone eats, they

don’t cook for themselves at home, maybe some but if you go to the store. you have everything. you have a lot of vegetables and fruits . of course, if you compare, probably 70% of all products will be canned meatballs, controlled hamburgers, sausages, but for example, what i liked here is that you can go in and buy raspberries, blackberries, and bananas. er, different fruits, different er, pumpkins, various different items, er, because in ukraine, for example, you can only buy in season or at a great price, blueberries are now 100,500 hryvnias, probably cheaper in the united states , and this is even if 250 g is such a small package

yes, this is 100% true, but here it will be more expensive, boy, i don’t like them, but i like delicious, very sugary yogurts, they will be more expensive, and yes, i really like food that you can buy and eat at home, but as for restaurants, one pattai i like in a thai restaurant pattai and yes, everything is spicy to me salty and they don't have this uh farm cheese uh cheese cheese sour milk cheese from which we cheese makers make yes absolutely nowhere yes yes yes nowhere to find a then they don't have normal buckwheat, only some ukrainian ones in stores you can there, pharmacies, ukrainian stores. you can buy something there, something similar to ukraine, but in reality , america is different, but in my mind, it remains the same anastasia. and you, as a mother, what do

you feed your children, do you find food for borsch buckwheat and by the way, i know that it is possible that there are not so many ukrainian stores often have russian words for autumn . - and and polish products, etc. and yes, you know, i threw away a lot of food in the first month, not because i decided to go all out, but because when you buy something, there are shelves and you think it will taste the same, but it is made of only one sugar, and actually that is

it is so bad that it is unacceptable later i learned to choose and there are such new and um apps on my phone to determine how healthy this food is for me or not more or less i also miss cheese and sometimes i buy a so expensive in this market when i really want cheese or we have a couple e-e deliveries and a restaurant was opened in a neighboring place and ukrai-e ukrainian but yes, on the one hand, my children already love tacos, which i also prepare such a local text-smex. and this is the name of the kitchen, but hmm, borscht is not a problem at all . i buy borscht and there are no questions about it. but cheesecakes are a real pain. and i really liked them because they do not give protein to children, and

they are tasty and fast. everything is fine. cheesecakes are just a pain, but otherwise mine have adapted, and there are also vegetables and there are fruits and good yogurts, that is, there are products from good composition, but you need to be careful. please tell me, i know there is a program in the united states that pays a certain part of the funds specifically for the grocery set, you can spend only on products, it is paid to everyone absolutely regardless of whether you work or not or to whom, who knows, i can answer i know. well, i can only tell you about my situation. we came to america and were immediately taken to the government, which will provide you with funds . you fill out the papers. however, we filled out that we are ukrainians. we recently arrived in our country.

work and there is no work and there is still no authorized person for work the amount they allocated to us turns out to be one card for me and for my mother and they pay if i am not mistaken so it was $ 6,400, it is paid for food you can only buy food with them and $680, that's hmm. we paid just in time and they pay for the apartment twice a month and so twice a month but uh but until the moment of employment yes yes until the moment of employment but yes yes my mother is already working and if they cut it and left only me, so we have a minute left that's why i want to hear from you, nastya. tell me, these are the pros and cons of life in the states, and are you going to return home? 30 seconds, daughters, look, i can't say ah, the situation is difficult, and if we leave america, for example, we

can't return with our status preserved , that's a problem. we don't we can just visit ukraine and without special documents there , and the advantages are, in principle, we have the opportunity to work far from russia, you know . it seems to me that this is the biggest advantage. thank you, katya. and you put the numbers as normal and hmm minus, so they can return to ukraine, you have to fill out a special form and the fact that it is very far, it is really 7,000 km from ukraine, it really feels like you are in another world , and the medicine here is very, very hmm not fast you won't buy, everyone complains in europe too thank you sorry we have to finish the broadcast is coming to an end thank you very much to my guests kateryna karpunina and anastasia savchenko from the united states of america, our ukrainians, who found there