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That's why the real hack is to live in Canada and work remotely for an American company.
The real hack is getting a Canadian PR+citizenship (well under a decade), then entering the US as a TN2
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Double standards or higher standards? I'm pretty sure people in India would react horribly to such a hypothetical situation. But if that's the standard you want to hold Americans and the American government to that's fine but perhaps then the USA should stop preaching to the world and exporting its "values" and "freedoms" and taking the moral high ground in pretty much every conflict around the world.
> perhaps then the USA should stop preaching to the world and exporting its "values" and "freedoms" and taking the moral high ground in pretty much every conflict around the world. As a Gore/Kerry supporter I agree. And I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there’s been a broad repudiation of George W. Bush’s vision for an evangelical role for America in spreading democracy among his own party. I think Americans have m…
Setting aside the fact that your reply had no relevance to OPs argument, I have other questions.
Do you consider your presence in this country impugning on an Americans desire to have a country of their own? Just like Bangladeshis do? Perhaps there is a more appropriate country on this planet that you should call as a country of your own. Why are you treating America as some kind of science experiment?
This clayton bigsby schtick is only funny the first time around.
I believe that all countries need to reduce restrictions on the movement of people. Humans should be free to move and live where they want.
I am worried, however, that transitioning away from our current flawed system will have a lot of unpleasant side effects. Many Americans might lose their jobs, simply because others will work for cheaper and probably provide around the same quality.
Additionally our house prices would likely decline as well.
For these reasons I am selfishly concerned about my job prospects, especially since I have to compete against others in my own country, but I will never be given the chance to compete against them in their own country.
Note that India requires prospective citizens to live in the country for 12 years before applying for naturalization, and China doesn't allow non-ethnic Chinese immigration at all (only ~1500 naturalized citizens/10,000 permanent residents in the whole country of over a billion people). Something to keep in mind when people from those countries complain about the American immigration system (doesn't apply to the Sing…
India's requirement is 12 years seems a lot, but practically Indian citizen's path to citizenship in US is more than that(~10 years to get GC + mandatory 5 years after GC). EB1 might be an exception, which will also come around 6-8 years. But most end up waiting more than 15 years to become US citizens.
US restricts employment visas with a specific time limit. L1(7 years) and H1(6 years). After that period, you have to stay out of the country for 12 months, before you can reapply again. The other option is to apply for Green Card (Permanent Residency). So most of them end up applying GC rather than move out of the country for an year.
US has weird rules that inherently makes difficult even for employment based visas. E.g. If your visa is near expiry, then you can apply for extension. But the extension processing times takes up months. You can't travel out of the country during that period. Even if your petition is approved, then you have to go to US embassy in your country of citizenship to get visa stamped in your passport. Unless you have a visa stamped in your passport, you can't reenter US. Practically there is no visa appointment slots available at US embassies in India at this time. You are in a soup if you have to travel on an emergency
https://twitter.com/debarghya_das/status/1520966725210042368
https://twitter.com/USAndChennai/status/1517067638584664064
If a foreigner works in India on an employment visa, I don't think they have to run into issues what someone faces with the US immigration system. Just see what Curl's author Daniel Stenberg experience with US Visa process,
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No, I did not. But then, that aging you described happened while residing in the US where you were making money hand over fist same as a US national. And your US-born kids are citizens. So in the end the only difference is the inconvenience of the paperwork that you worked on very rarely. The rest of the time you were enjoying life in the US. So, this story of 18 years of suffering is really nonsense. The guy had a g…
> So in the end the only difference is the inconvenience of the paperwork that you worked on very rarely. The rest of the time you were enjoying life in the US. I'd disagree with that assessment. The issue really isn't the amount or the effort of paperwork - for most people it's the uncertainty. There's the very real possibility that at the end of that very long process you do not get a green card. The making money h…
Oh, and to be clear I am the whitest white dude whoever whited, so I wasn’t even being subjected to skin colour based racism, and yet was getting screwed around.
I can only say this sounds extremely accurate based on my own experience of F-1, OPT, H1B. The anxiety resonates as well. I remember getting my work authorization card and noticing that my first name and last name were switched. I remember sitting down at a train station and nearly breaking down into tears, because I was certain this mistake wouldn't be tolerated, that I'd lose my job, and have to leave the country.
My green card had my name correct but someone else's face printed on it! Unfortunately they didn't look at all like me, it took ages to get fixed. I wonder if someone else got my face on their card, or if they use a grumpy bald man as a placeholder in their card template. My name is also misspelt on my social security card. I didn't bother to have that corrected and so far there have been zero repercussions.
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> Ergo illegal detention and causeless strip searches (which even at border require PC) are justified? I take it Ms. Cervantes was also an HN poster? No. I'll repeat the situation: I don't trust your account of what happened. That is all.
Good thing case law in the US doesn't revolve around attitude right? I'm aghast at even having read this thread. What victim-blaming nonsense. Attitudes like this are exactly why the US incarcerates more per-capita than any other G20 country.
It doesn't, and it's pretty clear you're grossly misunderstanding me.
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> Ergo illegal detention and causeless strip searches (which even at border require PC) are justified? I take it Ms. Cervantes was also an HN poster? No. I'll repeat the situation: I don't trust your account of what happened. That is all.
What "situation" -- the one where you constantly doubt the story of someone you have never met, based on their "evidence of attitude" which is really just your opinion? Are you employed?
The situation in this thread.
Am I supposed to believe everything I read on the internet, or always believe I'm getting the whole story?
> Are you employed?
Of course.
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> Ergo illegal detention and causeless strip searches (which even at border require PC) are justified? I take it Ms. Cervantes was also an HN poster? No. I'll repeat the situation: I don't trust your account of what happened. That is all.
That's your opinion. I invite you to read this excerpt [0] affidavit and decide for yourself whether that reads like anything other than made up garbage designed to fabricate probable cause. Then ponder why I would be released uncharged, and why if the allegations were true I would even be publicly discussing it online. There are a few other paragraphs in the affidavit that are entirely uninteresting to read and offe…
> That's your opinion.
You are quite correct: that is my opinion.
> I invite you to read this excerpt [0] affidavit and decide for yourself whether that reads like anything other than made up garbage designed to fabricate probable cause.
Honestly: it could be made up or it could be true. There's nothing there to tell either way.
One thing I don't doubt is that you weren't, in fact, smuggling drugs.