A free-pass for skilled migrants to live and work in selected countries

Awesome initiative, however I would suggest to avoid presenting this as an early application to something.

PS: Specially for the US, as you are presenting SF as a potential destination, I don't think that will make USCIS happy.

So you will get me a working visa in the US? I doubt it.

Hey,

skilled immigrant here. I live in Stockholm.

I think that US immigration system is broken. They have to fix h1b a.k.a slavery visa thingy. That is the primary reason why I am not moving to US. I am not sure how you guys provide that free-pass.

As an immigrant to Canada I'm quite familiar with the process. The government department responsible is overloaded and takes months to progress applications. Often having to contact an applicant for more info moves you back in the queue. Regulations change rarely. In general the whole system feels sluggish and resistant to change. The idea that a software company could convince every nation to fit a foreign globally recognized automated back door into their processes seems very ambitious to say the least.

Hi guys, author here. The initial interest is being used to start conversations with immigration departments from small states around the world. Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the Netherlands already use a points-based system to grant visas for skilled workers. The idea is to create a standard international certification that would allow skilled migrants to move freely around countries that accept it, just like they do with TOEFL for the English language requirement.