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How else do you expect people to immigrate here if not on a visa?
by m_ke 5y ago
How else do you expect people to immigrate here if not on a visa?
- VictorPath 5y agoPeople don't immigrate on a visa. You immigrate when you have a green card or citizenship. Someone on a 6 month tourist visa or 3 year H1B employment visa hasn't immigrated, they are on a visa allowing them in the US for that time period.
- paxys 5y agoYou didn't answer the question though. What is the "ideal" way to immigrate to the US according to you?
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- m_ke 5y agoHere's the US immigration page: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrat...
- VictorPath 5y agoThanks for the link. Yes, as everyone can see, the State Department lists the H1B visa as a "non-immigrant visa" just like the B2 tourist visa.
- triceratops 5y ago"Non-immigrant visa" means "getting this visa doesn't make you an immigrant". Which is true for the B2 (it makes you a tourist) and the H-1B (it makes you a temporary worker). It shouldn't be confused with "intent". If you show intent to immigrate when applying for a B2, you can be denied. That's not the case for an H-1B.
- rayiner 5y agoAside from some unusual visa rules, the only permanent immigration route Congress has created is family reunification. Congress has never created a skilled worker system for people intended to immigrate permanently. H1B is a temporary worker visa that has been abused to serve that role, but that wasn’t the intent: https://www.salisbury.edu/administration/academic-affairs/faculty-handbook/docs/appendix/FINAL_AppendixA10-VisaOverviewforEmployment.pdf https://www.salisbury.edu/administration/academic-affairs/fa... > The H1B is a temporary visa. The alien must be coming to temporarily fill a position that may, or may not in itself be temporary. The employer must attest that the alien's services are needed temporarily. The letter of appointment and other documents must stipulate the temporary nature of the appointment.
- gumby 5y agoNot technically true else that would be the only GC criterion. I’m just being a nit picker though: I concur: that was the overwhelming stated intent.
- pandaman 5y agoThere are EB green cards, created by Congress, and intended for skilled workers to immigrate.[1] Yes, you can apply (or be sponsored for ones that require a sponsor) for one without having an H1B or even being in the country. These are completely orthogonal to non-immigrant visas. 1. https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-eligibility/green-card-for-employment-based-immigrants https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-eligibility/gree...