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This is exactly why I left the US after I graduated. Being on H1B is such a huge gamble these days. Now I am living in Europe, making good money, and living ha
by chrisper 9y ago
This is exactly why I left the US after I graduated. Being on H1B is such a huge gamble these days.
Now I am living in Europe, making good money, and living happily without having to worry about crap like this.
- zerr 9y agoIf only there was a good (emigrant-based a la US, Canada, Australia) and sunny English speaking country in Europe...
- brazzledazzle 9y agoWhile this is anecdotal it does worry me that we invest (as a society, in the general sense) in educating people in the US and then don’t do enough to keep them here. It should be easy to obtain a permanent work visa after graduating. You’d need controls like perhaps a minimum degree earned, minimum number of credits earned/years in school and approved institutions but it seems feasible. It would do a lot to retain people that not only we’ve invested in, but who (hopefully) have had a chance to integrate culturally at a young age and formed friendships and connections that will help anchor them.
- jotm 9y agoI like to believe that's the plan - get them to US, teach them, force them back home. Truly doing the world a service, Team America!
- votepaunchy 9y agoForeign students pay higher costs than even out-of-state students. They’re not mooching off the system.
- johnnyb9 9y agoFirst, I don't really think there is a shortage of college degree-earning people in this country. Second, your plan is just a giveaway to colleges... they can charge whatever they want as gatekeepers to visas earned in the USA.
- startupdiscuss 9y agoWhere is it relatively easy to immigrate in Europe? If anything, isn't it harder than the US?
- chrisper 9y agoI already have an EU passport. So that makes it easy for me to immigrate to most European countries.
- friedButter 9y agoFor Indians , Europe is much easier than US, but pays less
- startupdiscuss 9y agoHow so? The blue card has barely been enacted, and even in Germany only 7000 have been handed out.
- friedButter 9y agoI dont know the ground reality, however as per documentation for SDE jobs paying above 50k EUR or so you get it with a labour market check alone. While in US, you also have a 20 to infinite year waitlist for getting a green card (Indians, EB3).