Native speaker here. Dalchini is the correct Hindi word for cinnamon. Think of it as the English word underdog.

I think that's just coz they have a new revamped iPhone app.

I've opted out a few times. My experience has been pretty much like jchrisa. Just tell them that you are opting out when it's your turn.

They would find someone to pat you down along with another officer to watch the process. Pat down takes less than a minute but wait time for officers to become available can be up to 5-10 minutes.

You are getting it in the reverse order. People who make it to IITs are driven; they do well in every field not just IT. Most Indian coders are in it just for the money, they hardly have concept of basic business or functional concept to do better and the sad part is they don't want to learn. You need to love what you do excel.

People don't always use their legal name on facebook and not everyone has enough online presence to show up on google. Peoplesearch pulls data from many sources e.g. your electric/water/broadband company.

In India too. There are people who validate your passport application and supporting docs for a small fee before you submit them to the officials.

Spending all that time on finding a great name paid off.

I think the founders of Mint.com could have said that.

I disagree. There are examples of companies that did well with mediocre names, but it certainly doesn't hurt to have a great one, and it really can hurt to have a bad one.

It's the roomorama service requesting proof not the users.

Oh I know it is in that service but I don't think that's what the poster I was replying to was suggesting. He's suggesting as a host that you do that (although perhaps I misunderstood).

> AirBNB at least has a credit card on file

Might be stolen especially in the light of this case.

>>Another possible problem is that your spouse can get a visa but cannot work (until you both get a green card, which might take a long time).<<

Your spouse qualifies for H4, a dependent visa, based on your H1 visa. However, they can find sponsors for their own H1.