It's unfortunate that the thread was flagged, I did not want to give the impression of trying to 'start a flamewar'.

I am a real transatlanticist - I was on the green card path (5 yrs with H1Bs), but returned to Europe for family reasons.

I don't want this split - I want to know, if people see it as an issue and I want to know the possible consequences and workarounds and how we can work together.