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I feel like a lot of US citizens don’t quite get how hard it is to get an immigrant visa even if you are super qualified—many friends/family have struggled w the H1-B lottery or spent months applying for an O1 or got denied entry even though they have MIT degrees/great jobs/etc
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Ava
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This applies even to immigrants from countries like Canada/Australia that have great relationships with the US. Plus if you’re trying to start a company it’s even harder because most visas are employment-based and there are literally ~2 options for founders
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Ava
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have seen people do crazy risky things like call in sick to their H1B job for half a year while trying to get on a visa that would let them start a company bc there was no other way. You can be a Cambridge grad trying to start a biotech company and be totally helpless
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@athuras
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Canadian here, lost H1B lottery 4 times running. TNs are great until you think resident thoughts.
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Armand Domalewski
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When people ask me why people don’t just immigrate legally, I show them this pic.twitter.com/L6ggNMXqYH
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stop interviewing boomers in diners
@SteveHerring32
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Honesty, there isn’t a overwhelming reason to come to the US anymore. Just go to Canada.
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Bigotry is unAmerican
@GregJindal
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Shit I got my green card 45 yrs ago and got naturalized 35 yrs ago and even I'm looking to restart in Canada
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🧙🏼♂️ Dustin Freeman
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Green card took me 2.5 years and I had a PhD and patents. Coming from Canada.
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Robert Falconer
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Going to Canada with those same qualifications, it would take you 3-6 months once you submitted all the paperwork.
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