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As a married guy in the process of getting my H-1B visa I have to say this is a relief. It's a first step towards a more open immigration policy [1]. [1] http:/
by tnb234 12y ago
As a married guy in the process of getting my H-1B visa I have to say this is a relief. It's a first step towards a more open immigration policy [1].
[1] http://www.iamimmigration.org/index.html#/get-facts/ http://www.iamimmigration.org/index.html#/get-facts/
- toomuchtodo 12y agoAs a US citizen, I'm all for this. Why would we ever prevent the spouse of someone with an H-1B from working?
- dominotw 12y agoGiven the long wait times for Green Cards. Wouldn't that effectively double the h1b quota ? H1B's have to go though long process of LCA's, ads in the newpapers, notices etc before their visa is approved. Would H4's have to go though this also? If not I can see this being abused by offshoring companies as loophole in the system. I don't see how this is 'first step' towards a better immigration policy. Current H1B system is not used in the way it is intended for the most part. Its modern day serfdom used to attract desperate educated people from poor countries. Why not give them green cards and let them actually take advantage of american system and create jobs instead of treating them like 2nd class citizens with no rights, no voice, no dreams.
- jadc 12y agoWell according to the DHS site, the H1-B employee need to have started the process of becoming a permanent resident so it seems less susceptible to being abused by companies trying to bring in people from abroad and using this to double their quota.
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- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoWhat makes you think that's not the way it's intended?
- guyzero 12y agoThere are only long green card wait times for people born in India and China (maybe the Philippines?). Most other people should be able to get a green card in a year or two with a decent lawyer.
- keerthiko 12y agoYou say "only" and then discount over half the population of the world, let alone far more than half the people trying to immigrate into the US =/
- aeontech 12y agoYou have a very optimistic view. Everyone I know that went through the process took between six and ten years, in large part because INS/USCIS is so backlogged. None of them were from India, China or Philippines.
- hippich 12y agoI am from Belarus and got greencard within 2 years (including waster 5 months because of wrong ads post)
- dominotw 12y ago9 yrs and counting... :). I've lost all motivation to do anything fun/innovative with my life at this point with my 20's spent stuck in green card queue. I just feel like a resentful shell of my former self, a product of a failed nation/people.
- hippich 12y agowhy it is taking so long for you? What category you are in? And what country you are from?
- mahyarm 12y agoDo you have a masters / 5 years of experience?
- levosmetalo 12y agoThen look at it in details. I didn't read the article, but in the submission title there is one suspicious word "some", which could mean anything from "almost everyone" to "almost noone" would be allowed.
- a8da6b0c91d 12y agoAmerica does not need a more open immigration policy. America needs an immediate full immigration moratorium, lasting at least five years, while we set about fixing the system. http://vdare.com/articles/the-economic-case-for-an-immigration-moratorium http://vdare.com/articles/the-economic-case-for-an-immigrati...
- misnome 12y agoYeah, Isolationism and Xenophobia are always the best of all possible solutions!
- atwebb 12y agoYeah, short and quippy statements with no content are the best of all possible reactions!
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- bruceb 12y agoI would say that immigration is complex. Also there are clear differences in what different types of immigrants bring to the US. Clearly immigration helps some and hurts some. For some low wage workers clearly bringing in more low skilled and semi skilled works does hurt them. That being said grabbing the cream of the crop from around the world is mostly good for the US.
- Roboprog 12y agoProblem is, H-1B is little more than an indentured servant program. If we were immigrating only the best and brightest, as free men (women), that would be a bit different.
- jadc 12y agoIt seems that many equate H-1B with bringing in cheap labor from abroad. The truth is if you are an international student in the US and would like to stay in the US afterwards then applying for an H1-B (presumably after being on a F-1 student visa) and then getting the permanent residency is often the best way forward.
- jdcryans 12y agoAs whitenoise mentions below, it's only if your I-140 has been approved or your H1B has been extended that your spouse can work. Even if you are getting your H1B this October, and assuming that you could qualify for EB-2 in ROW and that your company starts the green card process the day you start working (more likely it's gonna take 6 months to a year), your wife still won't be able to work for another 2 years. Just getting the PERM these days can easily take a year. Also IANAL.
- jadc 12y agoIndeed. Sounds like it would take before your spouse could be eligible to work but it does seem to be an improvement over the current situation especially for citizens of countries with long backlogs in the permanent residency process (India, China, etc...) where getting the green card can take 10 years or sometimes more.
- mnglkhn2 12y agoThe only thing now is to ask your company to sponsor your green card as soon as you can. They might want to postpone it for a few good years but it is up to you to negotiate.