If someone is really of world caliber they can plump for the O-1 visa, which does not have quotas. Fun fact: the O-1 visa is within reach even for moderately su

If someone is really of world caliber they can plump for the O-1 visa, which does not have quotas. Fun fact: the O-1 visa is within reach even for moderately successful academics. My wife considered filing for that. Medicine is probably of least concern. One of the reasons that there is a disproportionate number of foreigners in US science PhD programs is that Americans tend to go for medicine and law postgraduate degrees instead. They simply pay better.