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

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

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What the heck? Is this a scam?

Sorry, but this looks like a splash sign up page for services for immigration attorneys.

The immigration process, even for "special" people, is not that simple.

We really need some details on who is "special" and what "selected" countries are available.

A free pass to hack PERL in the Comoros Islands ain't that great a thing.

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

#12
Best-case, this is misleading advertising. Worst case, it's some kind of scam.

They show a picture of Sydney Opera House. This implies they will help you to get a visa to Australia. As someone who has an Australian work visa, this is most likely false. First, you need to be sponsored by a company. Second, the process is rather involved. The company that sponsored me hired an attorney to handle it. In the USA, I hear it's a very similar process.

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

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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 t…

Your ambitious phrasing makes it really hard to discuss in contexts like HN, people focus on the part where what you are talking about doesn't actually exist.

I would guess the political problem is a lot harder than the technical one. Zero sum thinking and all that.

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

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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.

Care to expand? I know absolutely nothing about the subject, but I've heard the same before.

Your legality is tied to your job. So if you want to stay in the country, you have to basically be a "slave" to your workplace and meet their demands, etc.

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

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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 t…

I'd recommend you make your intentions a lot clearer. A simple front page with no explanation of what to expect combined with a single link to a cryptic manifesto page [1] isn't what I'd engage with.

[1]: http://blog.hackmove.com/manifesto

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

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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.

Care to expand? I know absolutely nothing about the subject, but I've heard the same before.

https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/h1b-workers-are-not-indentured-se... this could be a nice start

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

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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…

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

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Care to expand? I know absolutely nothing about the subject, but I've heard the same before.

Your legality is tied to your job. So if you want to stay in the country, you have to basically be a "slave" to your workplace and meet their demands, etc.

Not completely true. If you get fired, you have a month to find a different job. Of course, the issue is with finding a different job that is willing to jump through the hoops involved in letting immigration know that you are now working with them, but there are plenty. Problem is, of course, that knowing that you are dependent on them, some companies will give you worse conditions than a resident/citizen with the same skills would have, especially as far as the salary is concerned.
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