Apoorva Govindu/Appyg99 Oct 20
13 years in America, still on a visa. Which party is going to make it easy for *legal* immigrants from India get at least a residency permit faster?
If she can't figure out something so utterly basic, what does she really have to offer our country that makes her think she deserves to stay over other people?
Wtaf did she not understand about “deporting immigrants from Day 1”?! Do these tech people consume too much caffeine/ Adderrall/ ketamine and it’s rotted their brains like it’s done to Elon? I bet she goes around spouting “don’t overthink it!” to anyone with qualms. 🤦♀️
For someone harping on about meritocracy she sure is taking a long time to get her permanent residency. A genius like her should be about to get it under the Einstein category.
Nope, she’s just in the regular queue likely based on completing an undergraduate or graduate degree. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but that’s like a regular IQ person harping about the benefits of Mensa.
For someone to stay on a work permit that long, they would have had to file for their green card already ie. Immigration. The thing is, employment based green cards apply a 7% cap for approvals from each country, so someone born in India or China (from which most employment based green card applicants come from) has to wait several years more to get their green card even if they have the same skills, job title, pay etc. So, while their immigration intent has been recognized and can get 3 year visa extensions at a time, they are in a limbo in that they need to stay on work visa until their priority date for green card/PR application is deemed to be "current" based on availability for their respective country.
It's the worst for people born in India since they're still just approving those who applied back in 2012 whereas the same people would have become green card holders even if they had applied a whole decade later if they were born in any another country.
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u/EffectiveEconomics 2d ago
Chefs kiss from her timeline:
Apoorva Govindu/Appyg99
Oct 20
13 years in America, still on a visa. Which party is going to make it easy for *legal* immigrants from India get at least a residency permit faster?