Over 1 million Indians are facing long wait times for US green cards, leading to visa issues and stress for international scholars and scientists from countries in the global south. Some individuals have had to battle through immigration bureaucracy and risk being sent back despite contributing to American technology.
#ItsViral | #Indian techie gets permanent residency in US after 3,505 days https://t.co/4DTyu2TinG https://t.co/Zekca5v1A6
Indian-origin #Google techie gets permanent residency in #US after 3505 days, slams H-1B visa https://t.co/4DTyu2TinG https://t.co/GdfXQ9wSLj
It’s truly absurd that we don’t even have a southern border anymore, but a foreign-born, venture-backed founder has to jump through infinite hoops, and risk being sent back, just to stick around and contribute to American technology. (Watching the gf deal with visa issues.)
Many people have no idea how these things work. For example, right now, as a Brazilian, I can't accept invitations to speak at conferences in Europe because my visa to work in the U.S. has expired. I am not illegal; I have a work contract with the University of California until… https://t.co/V07pbeNI2F
This is a reminder that international scientists face various hurdles and citizenship in some countries is worse than others. I had 2 students miss 4-6 weeks this year JUST to renew their visas (India and China). (have to admit that global south was confusing, coming from NZ) https://t.co/XGcdBQfi6K
As an international scholar from Colombia 🇨🇴 , since my arrival for my PhD in the US back in 2011, I have battled with the uncertainty and stress of visa issues. I’m lucky I’ve been able to resolve them, but I have witnessed my peers and mentees struggle with this daily 😣 https://t.co/YN3myogiz6
Researchers from the global south face often-distressing immigration bureaucracy that most from the global north do not. These steps can begin to counteract this inequity https://t.co/K1VaNYrHLE
US green cards: Over 1 million Indians face wait time of years https://t.co/0BPmzFsmmB
US green cards: Over 1 million Indians face wait time of years #UnitedStates #GreenCard https://t.co/puGgC7uKbs