E37: Areej AbuAli on the pressure of going from student visa to Permanent Resident

Areej AbuAli, Founder of Women in Tech SEO, talks about something we immigrants sometimes gloss over. The tendency to pause everything because we feel like we are on the clock.

We’ve got a deadline. We’ve got to get that Permanent Residency. We’ve got to get that citizenship.

And I don’t fault anyone. I’ve been guilty of this, too. Heck, I still am.

But maybe every now and then, take a pause. Breathe. Live.

Areej moved from Egypt to the United Kingdom as an international student. And she joins me on The Newcomers Podcast to chat about:

• The advantages of immigrating as a student

• Dealing with the pressure of switching from a student visa to a work visa

• Dealing with the survival mentality that hits first-generation immigrants

• Cultural shocks

• Areej as a fresh-to-the-UK immigrant vs. Areej as an experienced immigrant, and more.

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