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Thanks Kunjan, will do that. We're okay at the moment, so I'll take that for now.

I'm in that first group. I didn't buy PS5 on Day 1, my PS4 Pro was going smooth. Thought I'd upgrade when the Pro came out but it seems a little lacklustre and the price is kinda steep. If I skip and just buy a standard PS5 to save money, then there is no urgency i guess and I do it when the discounts are decent. advice?

Hello gutys, kaafi issue life mein, which is why I haven't been active on the forum much. can barely keep my job afloat. Need to share, can also use advice. to summarise friends : dad had some leg infection, he had a quick operation and a 4 day stay in the hospital in february. his insurance (not corporate) did pay for it but it was really annoying. so my dad, based on this poor experience decides to port over his insurance policy to Niva Bupa - having heard good things. he did it online, using Policy Bazaar. My dad's self employed, he's a freelance consultant and hence doesn't have the standard corporate benefits. The earlier policy was 20 years strong with just the 1 use. This happens in March. Post this operation, dad goes for follow ups and gets blood tests as one normally does. Numbers look weird for a while, but we wait to see if it resolves. When it does not, we consult a series of doctors. Conclusion, dad has 'hairy cell leukaemia', a rare type of cancer. The good part is the treatment is short and one usually goes into remission and is sorted for a good while. Dad got pretty ill though after a trip to Mumbai in early may, comes back to Delhi, we admit him to the hospital a couple days later for rest, recovery and this short period of chemotherapy. They keep him another 10 days or so. I used my corporate insurance (smooth as hell) but the coverage wasn't enough. Dad wished to use his policy for the rest (3L) but they denied cashless payment, and said we'd have to submit documents for reimbursment after paying the hospital up front. After 1-1.5 months of chasing this reimbursement claim, they deny it and cancel the policy on grounds of non disclosure. I know its not ideal to be ill right after you get a new insurance policy but sometimes these things just happen. Now, this money isn't the end of the world, and my dad isn't fully sorted but at least he's okay and he's home with us. I wish none of this happened to us, but what can I say. Is there any possibility of resolution? We've tried a fair few avenues already. Its about 3L in the hole.

You guys, add me to the league + whatsapp chat, i think y'all should have my number already. created my team before gw1, just had to disappear off the internet.

Man the cinemas this year are mad dry, I can't really think of anything except Dune 2 earlier this year thats buzz worthy

Its more of a future proof thing, thats all. i haven't bought one this far so might as well get the latest and greatest, but I doubt I'd be taking it to its limits.

Gotcha. Idk man, don't know what to do. I don't think there was any difference between the PS4 Slim and the old PS4, is there a difference with the PS5? Idk if i'm to buy, cuz price hasn't changed much since release. hoping I can source it from outside the country somehow, lets see. tempted to blinkit the damn thing some days hehe

Hello folks. A little out of the loop, so someone give me the goss. 1. Are we getting a PS5 pro? 2. if so, when? 3. will it be worth waiting? 4. if not, when and where should I buy the regular PS5? I wanna play games again, my PS4 controllers have stopped connecting to my PS4 and I can't figure out the issue. PS. If I was to sell off my PS4 Pro, whats the going rate?

if you weren't already ahead by a whole GW worth of points, you've f**king done it now. Mateta with a brace to top it all, you're about to have a 100 banger. this is a wrap, congrats on winning brother @Mr.Copyright©

So I'm on the verge of booking tickets for a trip to Thailand with the boys. Now on makemytrip - there is the mmtbiz (or corporate bookings) section. if I use my work email there, it automatically populates company and GST number. Its saving me a 1000 bucks each way on the booking. Will this get me in trouble or can I do this? Pls help if someone knows.

this gives me hope, you didn't mention it had been rejected once before and then got it. i'm not sure if I should try, I do have a shot for a different project at the end of april. I think I give fairly decent interviews, talking is my strong point. She didn't ask for any documents or anything, so I'm thinking I should fold my supporting letter from work into the passport when I hand it over, so she sees that this is work only. I am not trying to immigrate or settle there. I just would like to travel on company money, have some experiences. Been working 6-8 hours a day solely on this project, then I do the rest. Been working like a madman. Required to work entirely in US hours, 10AM - 5PM Eastern from Tuesday - Friday, which is why my company was sending me. Now i have to stay up the whole night and work too, because it did get rejected - but my team mates will still go. Yeah not end of the world, but I this kind of thing tracks. US visa is avenue to lots of other things also. I'm 10% sad that I can't go on this trip, and 90% worried about future implications of this. She was african-american, and yeah between 25-30 years old. Middle window, but they probably switch around. Yes I'm 22, unmarried, 4-5 months into this job. Not ideal, but I genuinely don't have any interest in living in the States. She did ask me those auestions at the end btw @KunjanPSD Her last questions were 1. Since when have you been working here? - I have been working at Sprinklr since September 2023. 2. What were you doing before this? - I was a student, was enrolled in an engineering program for my B. Tech degree. 3. Why are you going now? - I have been involved in this project from the very beginning, I understand the complexitities end-to-end, and the project is at a very critical juncture, for which my office is sending me to discuss these things during the client meetings (previously mentioned in purpose of visit) 4. Have you travelled for work before? - No, but have travelled to Vietnam, Singapore, HK, Macau recently as a tourist. My employer doesn't have a bad history, my friend from work got it approved earlier in the week. similar circumstances, but she's a girl and she's a year and half into this job. timeline was tight yes. interview was on friday, had written intended travel date as tuesday. But yes, feeling quite terrible. Its rare for a kid to get multiple chances. Had the visa gone through, could've been flying on a monthly basis. My dad offered to get a family property registered to my name if that helps, but they don't really bother with documents - and this might be taking it too far. I had rehearsed my answers for all the popular questions. Maybe its just dumb luck. my mother says I'm too fine a specimen and exactly the kind of people who stay and yoink jobs from the americans, so I should dumb it down.

US Visa rejected. Woman asked me a couple of questions, then said its not approved. Don't think anything was particularly wrong with my answers. the other interviewers def looked a little more friendly, even before hand I was hoping for one of the other windows. Regardless, stuck with this now. They don't really offer explanations, just handed me a letter saying I don't seem to possess signficant ties to my home country, and I need to intent to return. Cannot go on office trip. May have a chance again next month to go, but wondering if its too soon to re-apply. They can see data and may just reject again seeing its only been 1 month or so since last interview. I will have a strong possibility of travelling in November or something. Office may bear cost of visa fee again, will have to pay the agent for a date myself though (about 20K). I can try hunting for a date myself but idk if I'll have the same luck, things normally don't fall my way. Note - Was denied under 214B. Common articles on the internet/quora advise to not apply in rapid sucession, sit on my a*s for a couple years. Develop relationship and buy a house and stuff. I'm totally screwed man.

Luck is a*s right now. Had my biometric past friday, was hoping to reschedule my consulate appointment to a little earlier in the week (currently on this friday, 8th March). Got stuck with this technical error - and both the agent as well as customer care is completely useless. Posting the screenshot here in case any of you have a clue, but not very hopeful now. Trip has been 95% approved from work, manager has already reached out asking for visa info so HR can go ahead with bookings. Frankly, I'd be lucky to even have it on Monday morning after Friday's interview.

Yeah exactly, work visas shouldn't be a problem but two folks at my office recently got rejected which got me worried. anyway, I'll just mentally think of answers to potential questions and review my DS160 form. got my biometric done yesterday, hope the interview goes just as quick and smooth.

Yeah got it. I did go through my DS160 multiple times before submitting, will just review it once again. I'm allowed to make another form and resubmit before the biometric if it comes to it, but think it shouldn't come to it. Hope I get it and gets processed quickly, timelines are super tight. I know anything the agents do can be done ourselves, but I didn't want to risk it here since this is work trip and not a holiday. I had to get it in time for my trip. Thanks for the info, but I have just applied for B1/B2 even though this is purely a work trip. Good to know it won't really matter. I do have my ID card + invitation & supporting letters from my workplace. I have been provided the account login but I haven't changed it, so agent can also parallely access. I do have relatives and friends in the US - but nobody I'm meeting so is that something I need to mention? If my flight goes through Boston and I have time I will meet my cousin but i doubt it. Its the qualification question i'm worried about - since this is my first gig and I'm 4 months into it. But I'll get something ready, thank you for the help as always. I work for Sprinklr. Work here involves travel - so a lot of people do get visa for their client location, but I'm a bit nervous because two coworkers who've had interviews earlier this year have gotten rejected. also, I know a couple people here who previously worked at capgemini