True, but I'm not buying it. Visa interview and SAO problems are universal for all applicants, I believe. SAO is even more relevant for "semiconductors, space t

True, but I'm not buying it. Visa interview and SAO problems are universal for all applicants, I believe. SAO is even more relevant for "semiconductors, space technology, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing and computing, nuclear engineering, artificial intelligence and missile propulsion" (quoting the article), if rumors are true. The only specific relaxation the article mentions is: > The legislation includes language that would permit technically qualified Russians with masters or doctoral degrees in a range of fields to immigrate to the US without the usual visa requirement that they have a job lined up in advance. They would have to pass a US security background check. As I said, getting the offer is the easy part. Lifting that requirements does little. They even say explicitly that some kind of "security background check" is still necessary. A random story: a friend of mine (Software Engineer, LGBTQ+, smart and sociable folk) has tried to relocate to the US for years. They even got multiple offers in the same year with multiple entries to the H1-B lottery to increase their chances. No luck. In the end they simply relocated to London instead. Another one: Massachusetts (yes, a state, not the federal government) have established a Global Entrepreneur in Residence Program several years ago using a loophole in H1-B visas. Quoting https://vdc.umb.edu/2019/04/20/how-does-the-massachusetts-global-entrepreneur-in-residence-program-work/ https://vdc.umb.edu/2019/04/20/how-does-the-massachusetts-gl... > To smooth the path, Massachusetts established the Global Entrepreneur in Residence (GEIR) program. By working part-time at the University of Massachusetts, entrepreneurs can obtain a cap-exempt H-1B visa anytime during the year, since universities are exempt from the annual H-1B quota. The program gives an entrepreneur time to master the company building process, and document their talent and ability, so that they can eventually obtain a visa independent of the University of Massachusetts. Another one, but I haven't heard it first-hand: Google typically does not even bother with H1-B last years, so unreliable it is. So the default route for a person who is needed in the US is to work in a London/Zurich office for a year and then apply via L1-B. Maybe the campaign is aimed at people like "Wernher von Braun and Kurt Debus, later the first director of the Kennedy Space Center". Again, I don't think getting an offer for such kind of people is hard in any way. - Maybe the campaign is aimed at people working in universities, which are H1-B cap-exempt. In that case, the lottery is lifted, which does make the process easier. Still not as easy as with Germany or the UK.