New rule requires most green-card applicants to apply from outside U.S.
20 points by michaelsbradley an hour ago | 9 comments
  • az226 33 minutes ago |
    No paywall link: https://archive.is/yi2cX
  • SV_BubbleTime 23 minutes ago |
    I was under the impression that this is roughly how it works (assume equivalency) in most European countries is it not?
  • rayiner 13 minutes ago |
    The U.S. doesn’t have a real statutory pathway to permanent residency for skilled immigrants. The current H1B to Green Card pipeline is built on a legal fiction papered over a visa program that was the word “non-immigrant intent” written all over the statute.

    Gemini gets this correct: “The H-1B visa is a nonimmigrant classification that allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign nationals in ‘specialty occupations’ that require highly specialized knowledge and at least a bachelor's degree.”

  • zaptheimpaler 10 minutes ago |
    This is probably for the best in the long term. They've added enough friction, insanity and disdain for foreigners that no sane person will immigrate and we can start to build stronger industries and trade relationships outside the US.
    • epistasis 8 minutes ago |
      How is this good in any way?

      How could this ever help to build stronger industries or trade relationships?

      If somebody hands you a shit sandwich you don't need to pretend it tastes good.

      • zaptheimpaler 5 minutes ago |
        It will help would-be immigrants understand that the US does not want them and that it would be a mistake to invest time and energy trying to build a future in a country that hates them and can change the rules at the drop of a hat. It will help other countries that are not the US retain their talent.
      • hiddencost 4 minutes ago |
        I think the parent is saying it's good because immigrants will go elsewhere and the US will continue to decline. Which will be good for humanity.
    • rayiner 7 minutes ago |
      [delayed]