> Points to a bigger problem. Imagine how many startups simply don't come into existence because the founders are stuck on life long H1B visas. > Or many times

> Points to a bigger problem. Imagine how many startups simply don't come into existence because the founders are stuck on life long H1B visas. > Or many times the founders simply can't even make it into the US even though they have much needed skills. It points to a very obvious solution: Don't go to US to start a business. There are megatons of "startup visa" programs, government backed accelerators, and generally much healthier tech ecosystems than the US around the world. > Skilled immigration into the US is much harder and way more uncertain than other nations. Yet, the American Dream is still a such potent image, US still ends being the world's No.1 migration destination, unless you take the EU as a whole. Canada has lowered its immigration threshold to the point of almost every professional with some degree, and English knowledge can move there by themselves in their late twenties. Yet, they the immigration digits are not driven now by the cutoff threshold, but by the number of applicants. Canada is a heck of a good option to immigrate to, except for the job market. It's easily in the top 10... yet. In my case, after living in Canada for 6 years, and getting a kick to the butt due to LMIA, I don't want to go back. First, because I don't want to beg the same government which delivered me a kick to the butt to give me a work permit; Second, the job market in is just that weak.