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It really isn't very hard to get a temporary O1 Visa, which can turn into a permanent E1/E2 visa. You just have to be extra-ordinary in your field. Pretty much
by programjames 2y ago
It really isn't very hard to get a temporary O1 Visa, which can turn into a permanent E1/E2 visa. You just have to be extra-ordinary in your field. Pretty much every country wants to import people they know will make their country a better place—even North Korea lets Americans ("the enemy") teach at their universities—and it's not hard to demonstrate this.
- Freedom2 2y ago> You just have to be extra-ordinary in your field. So pretty much most HN commenters, then.
- kykeonaut 2y agoSeems like implicit bias. "Many people in my circle have an H1-B visa, thus it is far from impossible to get one."
- uberman 2y agoH1-b visas are non-imigrant visas...
- programjames 2y agoI'm perfectly aware most people would fail this easy task, but a thousand years ago most people would fail to read. Just because it's easy, doesn't mean most people will succeed.
- programjames 2y agoOnly ~5,000 people get E1 visas each year. That's 0.003% of the people who want to immigrate. There are surely many, many more people that are highly skilled and would be beneficial to have in America. Maybe it would be "easy" for you and your friends to get an E1 visa, but it should still be much easier to get a permanent visa for skilled work.