Immigration Specialists Complain Trump Administration

The immigration policy of the new US administration makes America less attractive to foreign experts. This opinion was expressed by some immigration lawyers and foreign investors during the US Immigration Hacker (American Immigration Hacker) meeting held in San Francisco on April 9, on US visa issues.

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So, one of the co-founders of the company The refiners, an immigrant from France Carlos Diaz He noted that the negative attitude of Donald Trump towards Silicon Valley is also felt by the heads of companies and their foreign employees, whose number has somewhat decreased over the past couple of years.

«However, companies from Silicon Valley still hire foreign experts. Now many of them are trying to do it remotely, opening branches in other countries and finding workers there. Thus, foreigners still work for American enterprises, even if they are in their own countries and do not immigrate to the United States."He said.

According to his colleague, the second co-founder of the company Pierre GaubilThe current administration’s behavior has indeed made America less attractive to immigrants. However, despite everything, people keep coming.

«It is immigration that makes America a great country.“- concluded the Frenchman.

At the same time, the founder of the immigration project PassRight Liran Rosenfeld believes that, despite trump’s harsh rhetoric, there has not been a significant change in immigration processes over the past couple of years.

«Personally, I received a green card under Obama, and I can say that most of the rules were created even then, and at the moment they have not changed significantly. At least in terms of business immigration, no major changes have occurred."He said.

However, immigration lawyers admit that in practice getting a H1В visa has become somewhat more difficult in practice, and now only 25% of applicants receive it every year. Among the visas, the procedure for obtaining which has not undergone any changes, the immigration specialists called the investor visa E-2 and O-1 visa for foreigners with outstanding talents who have reached heights in art, science, sports and business.

At the same time, immigration specialists note that in practice, the numerous references to a person in the press may be sufficient to prove “outstanding talents”, and not necessarily English-speaking.

«I know some people who have received this visa, cooperating widely with journalists from various publications.“- shared his observations Liran Rosenfeld.

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