So far, tech companies only propose to let people come and work, for 3 to 6 years. There is no guarantee made to the exceptional programmer that the company will apply his/her green card, and hence facilitate the actual act of immigration. Until The company applies and the application is approved, we are talking just about work visas and not about immigration.
The only reasonable way to immigrate at this moment is through family, which means come and get married to a citizen.
If you don't do that, then you are totally dependent at the whim of the sponsoring company, which might decide at some point during those 6 years that you are not exceptional anymore and hence you should pack and close down all your stuff (apartment, bank accounts, etc) within 30 days (at some point not even these 30 days were not guaranteed).
If we discuss about having talent coming in, then the discussion has to clarify what the value on the table is.
No, immigration implies you are going to stay there. Being on a work visa you will always have the uncertainty that you will have to leave the country.
So far, tech companies only propose to let people come and work, for 3 to 6 years. There is no guarantee made to the exceptional programmer that the company will apply his/her green card, and hence facilitate the actual act of immigration. Until The company applies and the application is approved, we are talking just about work visas and not about immigration.
The only reasonable way to immigrate at this moment is through family, which means come and get married to a citizen.
If you don't do that, then you are totally dependent at the whim of the sponsoring company, which might decide at some point during those 6 years that you are not exceptional anymore and hence you should pack and close down all your stuff (apartment, bank accounts, etc) within 30 days (at some point not even these 30 days were not guaranteed).
If we discuss about having talent coming in, then the discussion has to clarify what the value on the table is.