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What is a green card worth without a job? I had a green card but could not get a job in the US. Cheers from China. They actually DO need people here.

Latteland 8y ago
What was your area? You got a green card from previous us work or your spouse got one I suppose.
- tiatia123 8y ago
  Nanotech I won the lottery while doing my PhD in the US. PhD was really a good time but I should basically have left immediately after I finished. Total waste of time afterwards.
  - calvinbhai 8y ago
    Curious: were you born in China and still eligible for the lottery? I thought Nanotech was a much coveted field to be in This is exactly why merit based legal immigration would push US back into the pole position, if it was done right. Lottery green card is basically a new way of excluding people from China and India from immigration, in the name of diversity. Current situation for high skilled immigrants from India in US, is basically to cross the border to Canada, with it's amazing Express Entry scheme, which treats all immigrants the same, and evaluates each one based on the same scale (of education qualifications and work experience). Unlike the US, Canadian high skilled immigration rules don't discriminate based on country of birth! My guess: In 10 years, Canada will be giving the US a tough competition for global VC spend Skate to where the puck is going to be...... :)
    - tiatia123 8y ago
      "Curious: were you born in China and still eligible for the lottery?" I was born in Western Europe. I am not Assian. "I thought Nanotech was a much coveted field to be in" Me too, but as mentioned before, Ideas are like hemorrhoids. This was mine. Not sure why. Wrong time. Wrong coast. Bad luck. I had an interview at Agilent. They had 500 applicants. You needed to have a PhD or MBA or both. I was among the last three candidates and they congratulated me, "you got the job". Then they axed the job. There was just a curse on me. Really don't want to think back about that time. Started over in China with nothing. Was basically an illegal immigrant there.

Latteland 8y ago

What was your area? You got a green card from previous us work or your spouse got one I suppose.

tiatia123 8y ago
Nanotech I won the lottery while doing my PhD in the US. PhD was really a good time but I should basically have left immediately after I finished. Total waste of time afterwards.
- calvinbhai 8y ago
  Curious: were you born in China and still eligible for the lottery? I thought Nanotech was a much coveted field to be in This is exactly why merit based legal immigration would push US back into the pole position, if it was done right. Lottery green card is basically a new way of excluding people from China and India from immigration, in the name of diversity. Current situation for high skilled immigrants from India in US, is basically to cross the border to Canada, with it's amazing Express Entry scheme, which treats all immigrants the same, and evaluates each one based on the same scale (of education qualifications and work experience). Unlike the US, Canadian high skilled immigration rules don't discriminate based on country of birth! My guess: In 10 years, Canada will be giving the US a tough competition for global VC spend Skate to where the puck is going to be...... :)
  - tiatia123 8y ago
    "Curious: were you born in China and still eligible for the lottery?" I was born in Western Europe. I am not Assian. "I thought Nanotech was a much coveted field to be in" Me too, but as mentioned before, Ideas are like hemorrhoids. This was mine. Not sure why. Wrong time. Wrong coast. Bad luck. I had an interview at Agilent. They had 500 applicants. You needed to have a PhD or MBA or both. I was among the last three candidates and they congratulated me, "you got the job". Then they axed the job. There was just a curse on me. Really don't want to think back about that time. Started over in China with nothing. Was basically an illegal immigrant there.