4 ms·
It's really not that hard, Canada seems to have it figured out. You get points for job offer, education, experience, language, and family. If you graduate from
by dirtybird04 10y ago
It's really not that hard, Canada seems to have it figured out. You get points for job offer, education, experience, language, and family. If you graduate from a Canadian school, you get an open work-permit, not tied to any employer. Fast path to naturalization. Pretty good system imo.
US has never really had a proper immigration program for graduates and skilled workers. H1B is a hackjob, and has outlived its usefulness. Makes no sense that a MIT undergrad is given the same preference as a call-center worker. Sure get rid of H1B, but the problems will still be there if you don't come up with a serious alternative for graduates and skilled workers.
- comments_db 10y agoYes, absolutely yes. Why can't you have point system for US vs non-US schools, language skills, job history, offers, international/national/regional awards/publications, patents (of course). It's not that difficult if you really want to. But let's be honest, doing so would polarize most of the visas towards Europe, Japan, South Korea and BRICS countries. I don't think this is going to work for political reasons.
- tn135 10y agoUS does not have immigration program for outsiders. H1B to Green card path is mostly co-incidental. H1B is a temporary work visa and the person is expected to show evidence he will go back to his home country.