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Agree. What I see is, skilled ones are flocking to Canada and Australia because of their merit based immigration system. H1B has lost its luster because its no

• screye 9y ago
  Not really, I don't know a single top student who is studying in Canada or Australia. Maybe you are referring specifically moving for work. Australian wages are significantly lower than those in the US and for the most part, it isn't on anyone's mind to apply there. In my experience, students apply to Australia when they can't compete for good universities in the US. Canada is very sensitive to GPA values. I know of cases, where literally the absolute cream of the cream, with a strong profile to show for it, have been rejected from Canadian institutes, for reasons that no one seems to have figured out yet. In the past few years, I know a lot more people who are gravitating towards the EU over the US, but I don't don't hear much about moving to either Canada or Australia for work or education. That being said, the lottery system for giving the h1b is universally loathed.Some of smartest people I know are struggling to get one, while Infosys keeps sending utterly mediocre people in droves to the US. I hope it does become a merit based system (assuming the number of spots stay constant), I however have no idea as to how merit should be decided.