Comments on: Qualifications

By: O-1 Again « Ukrainian Oracle User Group

O-1 Again « Ukrainian Oracle User Group — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:22:08 +0000

[...] searching the internet for evidence of my brilliance – but sometimes you’ve just got to do it My O-1 visa (aliens of exceptional ability) was up for renewal, and the immigration authority decided to ask me [...]

By: O-1 Again « Oracle Scratchpad

O-1 Again « Oracle Scratchpad — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:49:53 +0000

[...] the internet for evidence of my brilliance – but sometimes you’ve just got to do it My O-1 visa (aliens of exceptional ability) was up for renewal, and the immigration authority decided to ask me [...]

By: O-1 Visa « Oracle Scratchpad

O-1 Visa « Oracle Scratchpad — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 08:13:58 +0000

[...] aren’t many of us around in the Oracle field (in a quick google search the I found just one other holder in a [...]

By: Jonathan Lewis

Jonathan Lewis — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:47:02 +0000

Ben,
I’m sorry, I really have no idea. I just gave a stack of cash to an attorney and asked them to sort it out for me. It’s just not safe to rely on any informal source of information for such things.

By: Doug Burns

Doug Burns — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:24:12 +0000

The Jonathan Lewis/Jeremy Clarkson connection?!

Priceless

By: Ben Prusinski

Ben Prusinski — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:19:52 +0000

I love Top Gear! And Jonathan reminds me of the Oracle version of Jeremy Clarkson with the clever wit!

By: lascoltodelvenerdi

lascoltodelvenerdi — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:01:28 +0000

All your answer look like a “The Stig fact”: some say that…
^_^

“Sean of the dead”? (or “Shaun of the dead”)

Because you stolen a Jag or because you always go to the same pub? :lol:

Quite a nice film!

By: Ben Prusinski

Ben Prusinski — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:01:15 +0000

Hello Jonathan,

Does a similar temporary work visa exist for American IT workers who wish to do short term ad hoc work in Europe? I would love to do some short term RAC and EBS work in the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain. Since I speak fluent Spanish and passable French, could be interesting. I understand that a regular EU work visa is a royal PITA to get for an American but how about a temporary work visa?

Cheers,
Ben

By: Jonathan Lewis

Jonathan Lewis — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:07:14 +0000

The rumour has also been put around that I used to work for MI6, and therefore intercepted the original Russian source for Oracle. (The x$ tables are Russian names, and the v$ are just the English translations created by Larry Ellison for the CIA).

I have also seen a presentation suggesting that I bear an uncanny resemblance to “Sean of the dead” – and that I must be getting my information from supernatural sources.

None of these rumours is true.

The rather more prosaic text on the extremely expensive and stylish piece of paper I got from the US government describes me as a “non-immigrant worker”.

By: Jonathan Lewis

Jonathan Lewis — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:26:58 +0000

Doug,

I have to admit that I’ve been known to panic at Heathrow airport because I’ve left my passport at home – and then remembered that I’m flying to Scotland.

And you wouldn’t believe the number of times I’ve had a conversation with the cab driver that goes like this:

Driver: “So, where are you going this time ?”
Me: “Um… let me check just the tickets.”