H1Bs are not easy to get these days, and many seem to be grabbed up by the contracting companies.
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How exactly, do they prove that someone was in USA illegally? I mean, one can safely drive back to Mexico, take a plane to a home country, and claim that he/she always lived there. I mean, why would anyone come forward and claim that they lived in USA illegally for 10 years?
You don’t know that for sure, do you? Please show your source.
This thread is veering way off topic.
Not sure you read the whole blurb, californiaaa.
And what may have worked for you is not the circumstances we’ve been discussing.
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I got my last H1B in the early 00s, there were plenty of them. No shortage. I know, that the number of H1B visas was dramatically reduced during late Bush years.
Yes, you find an employer, who applies on your behalf. Yes, there are contracting companies that specialize on these applications.
Well that was decades ago. Times have changed.
OK, I am staying off the visa / citizenship topic.
Come on. It needs be proven the applicant is necessary to the work. Many potential applicants aren’t and many employers refuse to be part of the process. Anyone living in S CA should know there are few slam dunks.
You misunderstood, @californiaaa; the links I sent explain the regulations. But jym626 is right – our exchange is way off topic, so I will stop commenting on this particular issue.
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There are companies and lawyers specializing in this area. It is not as difficult to get it, as you may think. The number of H1B visas is restricted right now, so many applicants don’t get them. During Clinton times, any breathing person could get an H1B. Personal experience.
Ok, I am not commenting on visas anymore.
As for the OP, it’s just the extraordinary kids who get merit scholarships or are accepted to elite schools that this happens to, right?
Not just for elite schools. Undocumented students in Texas can go also to their public colleges. Not sure if it is the case for OOS students.
I have had this awful cold and my dr gave me a medication to help me get over it quicker. It is working really well, but it may have some effect on my brain. In reading the last 10-20 posts, I don’t know why this Sarah Palin saying just popped into my head.
The Texas policy gives free tuition to all in state valedictorians, but only for two semesters. I’m not sure if it’s renewable, but I bet it is.
UT’s admission policies have been controversial for awhile. They had guaranteed admission to the top n% of all public high school students and in the near future would have run out of space.
Some people thought they should pick the top applicants and said that the current policy discriminated against higher performing schools by taking less of their qualified students - and sometimes automatically admitting lower performing students. It also encouraged parents to move their kid to a lower performing district so the kid could reach that %.
Proponents think that it ensures geographic diversity, at least. I’m not sure what solution they came up with but its probably a temporary one.
I’m still working through my thoughts on the main topic. However in response to the idea that student visas are much easier to obtain elsewhere, I must comment that the requirement for my US born/citizen son to study in Germany is 670 euros x # of months of permit- in a secured bank account at the time he applies to stay more than 90 days. Granted, his tuition is paid to the home university, and that can make comparisons difficult. However, I think the point is that once something is out of reach, it is out of reac, regardless the distance.
Do we really think these students could afford to get Visas and study on Europe? That’s an honest question, no snark or anything implied.
There was a previous thread that discussed the top % rule for accepting students to UT Austin. The data linked to the thread clearly showed that the majority of slots taken at UT Austin were taken by top students from very competitive high schools (such as those in Plano and even Austin area) and NOT by top students graduating from lower performing high schools. You have to remember that going to UT Austin is an expensive endeavor for these kids in lower performing schools- they often end up going to community college first before transitioning to a university.
And I seriously doubt that many parents have their kids go to a lower performing school just to have their kid end up at UT. Most parents that would even have this knowledge would prefer an environment that gives their kid better preparation for college. I’ve never seen it happen.
It’s important for me personally to set the record straight because I’ve recently had some experiences with parents spitting vitriol about how these unqualified kids got into UT and their special snowflake who is a lot more academically focused, smarter, more deserving, blah blah blah was shut out of UT by these kids. Well, guess what, they weren’t. The slot was most likely taken up by a kid from some suburb.
And the kid who was from that low performing school who did get into and attend UT? Well, good for them. They showed grits and determination to make it outta there and totally deserve that spot.
Ok, I’m stepping off of my soapbox…
Don’t foreign nationals leaving the US have to return their 1-94 form?
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Of course. And Yale does that, too. (Well, I don’t know if they fund them.) And we’re lucky to have them. People forget, I think, that we’re going to have massive retirements as the baby boomers get older. I’ve read that some countries are basically begging/bribing their citizens to have kids so they’ll have a new generation to support the older ones. We’re fortunate enough that people are volunteering to come here, participate in our economic system, and help keep Medicare and Social Security funded.
"Adjustment of status for permanent residence (immigration) in the US. Adjustment of status (“AOS”) is a procedure that allows an eligible applicant to become a lawful permanent resident of the United States without having to go abroad and apply for an immigrant visa. "
Adjustment of status is available to people who can show they are in the US legally, NOT to people who snuck in or overstayed visas, even if they have US citizen children.
“How exactly, do they prove that someone was in USA illegally?”
This was about alleged “anchor baby” parents. Someone who raises a child here for 21 years leaves footprints, without exception. Even if they never worked (a stretch), they lived somewhere. Countless witnesses saw them here. If they can’t show documentation that they had permission to be here, they’re not documented. And the burden is on the applicant to show that s/he meets all the standards; the government doesn’t have to prove anything. 21 years of pay stubs or whatever to prove you’ve been living elsewhere after giving birth in the U.S. is not easy to forge.