<p>I am a little alarmed by some of what I’ve been reading in this forum regarding an assumption that an invitation to study internationally is an invitation to permanently live and work in the hosting country afterward. As I see it, the invitation is a privilege granted to the student, and pertains only to the period of study. The student is a guest. The study does not correlate in any way to status in that country afterward. To think otherwise would not be respecting the host country’s sovereignty, or the graciousness of their citizens. </p>
<p>I think it’s the other way round. Many students seem to seek a college education in the US with the intent to stay there after college (it’s easier to find a job from within the country and with a degree that employers are familiar with).</p>
<p>Are you saying that the desire is really ultimately to live and work in the host nation, and that the study in the host country is just a means to it?</p>
<p>For some, yes, that’s mainly why they’re there. For others, well, they’re just looking for quality education and may or may not stay in the host country after completing their education.</p>
<p>And, as I see it, if they don’t stay in the country illegally, what’s the problem?</p>
<p>My answer would be “no”. The host country, the university and the foreign student all know that the student is supposed to leave the country after finishing their degree so it’s not an invitation of any kind.</p>
<p>I will start college in the US in the fall and so far I have no intent to immigrate (I would have been eligible to apply for a permanent resident visa but went with the temporary student visa instead)</p>
<p>I just have to say, it isn’t exactly a bad thing that many skilled, extremely intelligent people are interested in staying and contributing to the economic and technological advancement of the country that educated them. Other countries in the world lament the hordes of international students who come for a great partly-subsidised education, and then leave immediately after having received what they came for. Yet so many simpletons are convinced by pretty people on the tee-vee who say “they’re stealing our jobs!”</p>
<p>So it’s not ok for us to “steal” their jobs, but it’s ok for technology to steal their jobs? It’s ok for Americans to “steal” jobs from the Europeans (Fido, etc.) but it’s not ok for Internationals to “steal” jobs from them?</p>
<p>Far more employees have been displaced by technology - how many travel agents have lost their jobs to Expedia?</p>
<p>And quite frankly, Americans shouldn’t be entitled to their jobs just because “they’re American.” If they’re not skilled enough to keep their jobs, then they deserve to lose them.</p>
<p>But to answer the OP’s question, it’s a NO. However, working in America should be a primary incentive for even bothering with a U.S. education. Otherwise, strictly speaking in economic terms, there’s little incentive to apply to colleges in the U.S. If I wanted to work in Canada, I would’ve gone to my state flagship.</p>
<p>I’ve had the thought too that highly-educated immigrants may be better than illegal immigrants from central America, but
(illegal) immigrants from poor countries are happy to do menial work which most Americans are happy to avoid
highly educated immigrants tend to take high paying jobs which most Americans would like too (and for most of these jobs, there are Americans who are qualified to do them)</p>