Magicalus to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agoWhy is the word "expat" a thing?message-square59arrow-up1124file-text
arrow-up1124message-squareWhy is the word "expat" a thing?Magicalus to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square59file-text
minus-square@TheGalacticVoid@lemm.eelinkfedilink4•7 months agoBro skilled people wanting to become US residents or citizens have to wait an absurd amount of time to even have a chance
minus-square@1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilink1•7 months agoYeah because they screen people, not just let anyone come in.
minus-square@TheGalacticVoid@lemm.eelinkfedilink6•7 months agoNo, it’s because there’s a lottery system that has been backlogged for decades. US immigration is such a bad process that skilled people go to Canada instead because the government there actually values those people.
minus-square@1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilink1•7 months agoAh ok. Yeah I guess they don’t make it a priority for some reason.
Bro skilled people wanting to become US residents or citizens have to wait an absurd amount of time to even have a chance
Yeah because they screen people, not just let anyone come in.
No, it’s because there’s a lottery system that has been backlogged for decades. US immigration is such a bad process that skilled people go to Canada instead because the government there actually values those people.
Ah ok. Yeah I guess they don’t make it a priority for some reason.