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Wellness Wednesday for July 12, 2023

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Yup, even though at this point I'm quite confident that I can teach myself enough programming/data science/ML to be employable within a year or two, I'm still worried that visa issues and my Indian citizenship will make it pointless, at least for the sake of going to the US. Do you have any idea what the implications of the EB1 rollback to 2012 are?

Then i hear her complain one day about how these men she dates only talk about work, never have time, cant make time for hobbies or jusst generally sound self important.....all while showering praises on any ivy league dude she ran into.

Man, she really must have no fucking clue, because that type of man (or woman) is precisely what you get after you submit even smart and hardworking med students to the insane standards that AIIMS demands. I really don't think you can go through that and come out a person who cares about anything other than their work and career, or at least that's true for the majority. Even if I was as smart as them (probably not), I certainly wouldn't want to go through that kind of grind.

that type of man (or woman) is precisely what you get after you submit even smart and hardworking med students to the insane standards that AIIMS demands. I really don't think you can go through that and come out a person who cares about anything other than their work and career, or at least that's true for the majority.

Yeah. I've heard that in the US, only the service academies, MIT, and Caltech basically irrevocably change those who attend for life. I know a man who, over thirty years after graduating from the US Naval Academy, will occasionally clean a counter and then say "Hooyah. This part of our mission is now accomplished."

I dont fit into any Eb1 category, so dunno much about it. I have a few tier1 papers and US patents to my name, but none sufficiently cited to get me that Eb1. PhDs are practically required.... and I dont have 5 years to kill.

Isnt your long term partner a US citizen ? I have pretty much resigned to that being the pathway that will come up earliest. I have a pending eb2 submission, but thats a few decades in thw queue.

Isnt your long term partner a US citizen?

She's as Indian as I am, though she could currently sit for the USMLE and I can't.

I'm really unfamiliar with the pathway for immigration for programmers to the US. Was it much easier when you did it? What kind of visa do you think I might qualify for?

I'm not a (immigration) lawyer.
I'm skipping a few important details but.... here's what I know.

The standard pathway is: (I used this)

  • Get into a STEM masters program (Healthcare ML might be a good for you)
  • Get approved for a 3 year work visa by landing a job (STEM OPT)
  • Pray to the god of luck, that your H1b application gets picked up over 3 tries
  • Continue working on the H1B
  • get into a for-ever waitlist for EB2 your green card
  • Live on the H1b for life-ish

In you case some differences are:

  • Not sure if doctors are eligible for EB1 (you can get that in 3 years from application date)
  • If you apply for a Green Card through your partner, then you don't have the usual waitlist (assuming she already has hers)
  • If you apply to do research or work at an NGO, you can get easier visas. (J1, F1, O1, noprofit-h1b)

Honestly, I would look at Canada. Climate change is going to make it very livable, and the immigration process is generous towards high achieving people. You get your PR in 1 year, and citizenship in 5 years. Then you're free to move to the US on a special visa and stay as long as you'd like. Canada will be solving its social-security pyramid issue through brute force immigration. They get to ride the American economic wave for free, while having a ton of under-utilized natural resource in store.

Thanks for the comprehensive reply!

I'll consider Canada, if the US looks currently infeasible.

I'll consider Canada, if the US looks currently infeasible.

Be aware that we will assimilate you.

"Sorry, resistance is futile, eh"

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