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I've been doing some reading on different types of US Visas, our system is really poorly setup

H1B and H2B visas should be abolished though, they're duplications of other visa types and only seem to exist to give companies something to abuse

Also, I learned that we have a "diversity visa" program, which is literally a scam run by the State Department to allow ambassadors and consulars to sell citizenship for cash under the table

different from the normal way to buy citizenship via "investment in the US economy" aka "be upper-middle class or above"

this is the diversity visa list from last year

we accepted ~50% of these applicants (55k), most of whom likely paid for preferential treatment at an embassy/consulate and bribed someone for $1,000-$5,000

cameroon makes some sense since they have one of the best tech areas in africa

this is not tech related at all

that's a different program

ok

this is also not the normal visa lottery

this is a side lottery that I genuinely think is just to allow ambassadors to take bribes

but yeah, our system is bad, there aren't even that many visa types (I was expecting there to be dozens)

but the whole thing should probably be redone

Our system was great

then it was modified because companies wanted more indians to drive wages down

A company of any size should be allowed to sponsor foreign workers for permanent unskilled work visas they should be capped at '2' (+1 per 100 employees), including contract and subcontract work keep the same requirements that the visa needs to be renewed annually, and after some number of years have it convert into permanent residency like it does now

So Microsoft, with 140,000 US employees, could have 1,402 visa slots, and on average would turn-over ~200/year as they convert

compared to the 30,000 they have now

tune the numbers or w/e, but that seems like a good foundation, then protect against companies abusing it

the other general visa categories are broadly:

• Exceptionally skilled
• Moderate net-worth
• Marriage/family
• Service to America

which are all non-work related visas

marriage is definitely abused

I feel marriage visa abuse is less of an issue than the loopholes for work visas

the only protection, is that if you get divorced within some number of years, you lose it

but yeah, obviosuly abused, but globally is kind of required

Canada's problem is international student visa abuse

I am not sure if that is as much of an issue in the US

oh right, educational visas

but that is how they get in here

ours are better than yours, degree mills don't get you citizenship like they do in Canada

but it still needs to be redone

They don't do that here either

the issue is they come in, then claim they will be persecuted if they get sent back for some bullshit reason and request they not be sent back

which has to go to the courts

I thought the degree mill thing was one of the things Canadians were the most mad about

Our system needs an overhaul, but the governement does not do it because the corperations want them here to drive wages lower and to prop up housing prices

that you can get a nothing 2-year degree from a school that doesn't exist, and then get a 3-year residency visa after you graduate

oh interesting if it's mostly the persecution thing

in general, I think Asylum/persecution status should not be granted en-masse

Its not granted en mass, the problem is it is also not denied on mass

so the courts are clogged

you probably should need burden of proof to even make persecution claims

which means they are defacto allowed to stay until each one is sorted

set up a detention reservation up in yukon or something

The main issue is, despite on paper being "required to be able to afford living in Canada for the duration of your studies without working", they were allowed to work

a full ban on working, and strict punishments on any company that is found to have any of them working, would fix the system

but again, the politicians do not want that, because they want the corperations to make money

And having 6 inidians being willing to live in a 1 bedroom apartment rented out at 4k/month is profitable for the politicians, 60% of which are directly invested in housing

they should figure out why corporations need this labor market and fix that instead

They don't

they just want wages to be lower to maximize profit

there is no fix other than telling them to fuck off

I think there should be creative ways to get foreign US university graduates converted, without allowing the system to get flooded with Indian street shitters

Cap how much you can work while here so only people who have finanical backing come to western schools

that gets rid of 80% of economic migrants coming here

grad students need to be able to do research

Also set caps on what % of student body can be international students

Grad students exempt

they are not the issue leg

Random street shitter indians are not doing grad school, even meme ones most of the time

yeah, I'm actually fine with banning foreigners from 2-year degrees altogether

4-year accredited colleges with tuition in excess of some threshold

should be the minimum

The schools that are the issues are not schools like Uwaterloo, it is the meme colleges

which used to be legitimate schools, but realized they could earn way more money by being a degree mill to indians

conestoga used to be a decently reputable technical skill college for trades, learning programing (in a non cs way, just programing), etc

and then after undergrad your student visa should be able to convert to a different kind of visa or count as creditable years if you come back later on a different type of visa

and yeah, enforce the work prohibitions on student visas 100%

those are actually enforced for the most part in America

I don't care if they want to work on campus jobs at like, an on campus coffee shop

whatever, do that

have a 2nd tier of work-allowable student visas, quota per-school

they should not be able to work 3 jobs and just skip classes

to use for grad research and athletes

It is going to be interesting to see if literally anything happens when the current goverment loses in a landslide this election

I do not think so, because the Cons are just as corrupt