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Page 1: Russell Harrison IEEE-USA. EB Visa Second most common way to become an American 140,000 available each year Effectively 60,000 to 65,000 per year

Russell Harrison

IEEE-USA

Page 2: Russell Harrison IEEE-USA. EB Visa Second most common way to become an American 140,000 available each year Effectively 60,000 to 65,000 per year
Page 3: Russell Harrison IEEE-USA. EB Visa Second most common way to become an American 140,000 available each year Effectively 60,000 to 65,000 per year
Page 4: Russell Harrison IEEE-USA. EB Visa Second most common way to become an American 140,000 available each year Effectively 60,000 to 65,000 per year

EB Visa Second most common way to become an American 140,000 available each year

Effectively 60,000 to 65,000 per year

Must have a job offer 2 to 10 year wait

Dependents

Country Caps

Page 5: Russell Harrison IEEE-USA. EB Visa Second most common way to become an American 140,000 available each year Effectively 60,000 to 65,000 per year

H-1B 6 years Easy to get 85,000 cap, plus exceptions

Total = 120,000 to 140,000 per year Cannot apply for citizenship, but may apply

for EB visa

Page 6: Russell Harrison IEEE-USA. EB Visa Second most common way to become an American 140,000 available each year Effectively 60,000 to 65,000 per year

F Student VisaUnlimited

H-1B Visa EB Visa

Less than 1 Year with OPT

2 to 10 years with H-1B

Page 7: Russell Harrison IEEE-USA. EB Visa Second most common way to become an American 140,000 available each year Effectively 60,000 to 65,000 per year

H-1B visas Owned by company Hard to switch jobs Required for residency Don’t lead to citizenship

EB visas Program is too small Program has too many restrictions Results in long delays

Page 8: Russell Harrison IEEE-USA. EB Visa Second most common way to become an American 140,000 available each year Effectively 60,000 to 65,000 per year

1. Expand the EB program End country quotas Exempt dependents Exempt graduate students

2. Remove H-1B from the process Student visa to EB visa Make H-1B visas temporary and unusual

3. Streamline student visa process

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Yes! President & Republicans

support, at least in principle Broad coalition of interests

built around the issue Strong policy and political logic

But….. Politics of immigration is very

bad Details are tricky Key legislative speed bumps

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Different perspectives, ideas and experiences lead to more innovation

America needs all the talent we can get The more smart people America has working in

our country, the better off our country will be

Assumes talent is distributed randomly across the nation and globe

Don’t train the competition