Jako33

As far as I know, H1B are transferable, so you are not actually 'tied' to the employer. Some employers are actually reluctant to hire H1B as some people accept jobs they don't really want and then find a better job thanks to H1B transfer being much easier and cheaper than requesting a new H1B.

Yeah you are right. Following your logic and your risk assessment, I assume you are getting your children firearms rather than bicycles for Christmas, Happy Holidays...

The article is about a person born and raised in Finland, who lived in Berlin, went to NYC to study in Columbia University, and who can afford to pay $8000 in legal fees and months of paperwork to get an O1 visa. With such a background such a person should be given at least the benefit of the doubt.

"Deceiving" marriages, sham marriages or other 'mail-order' brides services are unfortunately a thing, but to say that it has become the rule for relationships between Americans and non-Americans is a naive shortcut and is certainly untrue.

There is no mention of the "importance" for the partner to be American. The author only describes the uneasiness that stems from the suspicion when dating Americans. FYI, If you live abroad in a foreign country for years, it is not uncanny to develop relationship with 'locals', as they tend to be the majority of the people you interact with (even in a very cosmopolitan city like NYC).

Do you date people asking them if they are after for your money or if they are trying to get something from you? Or do your friends at gathering casually joke about it?

As a foreigner who dated an american in the past I agree it hurts to hear that you are after a status/GC/money when you genuinely care about the person. It is humiliating and wrong.

First thing that comes to mind when mentioning the Fn keys is debugging, however I always found that is feels unintuitive to use and would be eager to change my habits to learn more intuitive shortcuts.