Really sucks.
Today if you're an illegal migrant and claim asylum, you get +inf points. If you're born in certain countries with long wait time, you get -inf points.
Clearly the system today is working within your definition.
Re-read the parent comment again. They say "point-based system [...] regardless of national origin", which implies that the origin country wouldn't have any effect aka point-value (neither negative nor positive) attached to it.
> if you're an illegal migrant and claim asylum, you get +inf points
Bringing up the asylum visa category makes zero sense, because it was obvious from the context (both the parent comment and the entire thread) that the conversation was about a point system in the context of employment-based visas. Having a point-based system go cross-category or even used at all in most categories doesn't make sense.
So no, the system you described isn't working with their definition at all.
All I was trying to say that the point of the comment i was replying to was making a faulty statement “well, the way you explain it is already how it works under conditions XYZ” with a “those XYZ conditions you mention directly contradict the premise you are addressing.”
But yea. That is what probably happened.
Then again, I guess it makes sense. Both the US and China have made it much harder to leave China and enter the US now.
That is not great if we are in a talent Cold War with a near peer.
Which policies do you think create this?
It could be entirely probable the Chinese just don't find it attractive to live and work in the US after getting their college degrees here.
Turns out, just about every Chinese STEM program will get a military grant, the same way just about every American STEM program will get a DoD grant.
On the Chinese side, they put a cap of $50,000 on money or assets you can bring outside of China each year [1]. Tuition is included in that cap. That means most American universities are out of reach for Chinese students, and immigrating from China to the US with your entire family is a pain (you need some money to land on your feet).
Also, during 2019-2022 there was this small policy called Zero COVID that severely restricted ingress and egress.
Also, US Consulates and Embassies paused visa processing for almost 2 years during the pandemic.
[0] - https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/06/04/2020-12...
1. Is that why they give special virtually uncapped visa classes to Australia, Singapore, Canada and Chile while everyone else has to deal with h1B?
2. Do you think there are country based limits when admitting people through the southern border or granting refugee status?
What is "virtually uncapped"? Do you have a source explaining how Australia, Singapore, Canada and Chile are treated differently? And as an FYI, I see no problem with Canada having a special regime.
BTW Mexico gets the same special regime as Canada under NAFTA.
No clue what parent meant by virtually uncapped.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B1_visa
Counted separately but included in the overall cap.
Another interesting difference is that H1B1 seems to not be dual intent, contrary to H1B. Definitely not the panacea that was hinted at in this thread.