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> One option is to emigrate to the United States Not an easy feat. Most would be reliant on the H1B program.
by messe 6y ago
> One option is to emigrate to the United States
Not an easy feat. Most would be reliant on the H1B program.
- aaomidi 6y agoWhich is not an issue for people immigrating from Europe.
- messe 6y agoIn what way? Unless I've missed something significant the visa options for those emigrating from Europe to the US are limited. What options are there other than the H1B?
- mrkstu 6y agoSome paths are quota based by country of origin, so getting a green card is exponentially harder for a Chinese or Indian citizen than an Aussie, for instance.
- messe 6y ago> Some paths are quota based by country of origin Yes, but that has little effect on H1B visas. European applicants are in the same pool as everyone else. > getting a green card is exponentially harder Nobody mentioned getting a greencard, which is a problem in itself. Just a work visa. Which, if you're a European citizen, is dependent on a lottery. Yeah, it's easier for an AU citizen to get a visa (because there's a special program for them), but you haven't said why it's easier for an EU citizen to get one. Please back up your claim.
- mrkstu 6y agoYou quote me yourself saying ‘some paths’- I was deliberately excluding H1B and stating so.
- 2rsf 6y agoNot 'significant' but you can use L1 internal transfer visas after you work for a while in a branch of an American company. American company also means a sales or support office (if registered correctly) of a European company.
- paxys 6y agoWhy is it not an issue? They have to compete for the same ~65K visas/year as everyone else.
- aaomidi 6y agoNo the quotas aren't evenly split.
- killtimeatwork 6y agoIt's a big issue and a primary reason why you don't see massive developer migration from Europe into US. Most devs in Europe are just comfortable enough to not want to deal with the whole H1-B hassle. People who are money-focused move to the few places in Europe that tend to pay more and/or switch to contracting, which is a hassle too, but still orders of magnitude smaller than trying to get into US.