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Immigration tech. Startups helping potential immigrants with visa applications

Immigration tech. Startups helping potential immigrants with visa applications

Immigration Policy in the USA - H1B, EB-5, and others

H1B visa - Immigration Policy and High Tech (USA)

Immigration Policy and High Tech

A collection of articles and videos looking at how countries use their immigration policy to att...

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Migrun wants to simplify the process of immigrating to a new country | TechCrunch

MigRun -- a member of the Startup Battlefield 200 at TC Disrupt 2023 -- is a platform offering guides and AI-powered assistance to help people immi... (2024)


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Alma co-founder had such a bad immigration experience she founded a legal AI startup to fix it | TechCrunch

Alma aims to simplify the visa process for technologists, founders and researchers by providing personal legal advisors. (2024)


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EB-5 visa program: The Rural Ski Slope Caught Up in an International Scam | The New Yorker

A federal program promised to bring foreign investment to remote parts of the country. It soon became rife with fraud. Sheelah Kolhatkar reports. ... (2024)


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Populism and democracy; A fresh wave of hard-right populism is stalking Europe

The real threat from Europe’s hard right. Europe is facing a new wave of right wing populism. Centrists need a new plan. In Germany, the AfD are ... (2023)


Article

The U.S. Needs a Million Talents Program to Retain Technology Leadership

“In 2009, a Turkish graduate of the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Erdal Arikan, published a pap... (2022)


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The Competition for High-Skill Immigrants Intensifies - Marginal REVOLUTION

The UK has created a new visa for High Potential Individuals. Under the HPI visa any graduate from a top university as defined by “in the top 50 of... (2022)


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The World Needs a New Protocol for Global Travel - Future

Excerpted from MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us, by Parag Khanna. Copyright © 2021 by Parag Khanna. Excerpted with permission by Scribner, a division ... (2021)


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US: New immigration bill will allow dual intent for int'l students

News and business analysis for Professionals in International Education (2021)


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She came to the U.S. with only $300 and worked housekeeping jobs to pay for school. Now she's a flight director for NASA

Much like the name of the rover, Diana Trujillo persevered. "She remembered being on the line to declare her major at the University of Florida ... (2021)


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(Discussion) - USA announces overhaul of H1B visa program requiring higher pay | Hacker News

Discussion in YC's Hacker News: "I've been pretty impressed with Taiwan's Gold Card work visa program, where you either need certain educational... (2020)


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Tech Workers Are Living the American Dream—in Canada

The short-sighted immigration policies of the US administration is driving top talent north of the border. But there's a new global winner: Cana... (2020)


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How coronavirus threatens the seasonal farmworkers at the heart of the American food supply

The US food supply depends on several million agricultural laborers, who are mostly undocumented, tend to work in close quarters and lack medical i... (2020)


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Skilled migrants - How migration makes the world brainier | Special report | The Economist

Hyperconnected migrants accelerate the spread of ideas Immigrants or their children founded 45% of America's Fortune 500 companies, including Ap... (2020)


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Portugal wants its emigrants back – so it’s paying them to return - WEF

A new scheme offers financial incentives for people looking to return to the country to live and work. (2019)


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Toronto doesn’t want to be Silicon Valley. It’s building something better - Fast Company

As the U.S. feels less welcoming to enterprising immigrants, Toronto—North America’s fastest-growing tech market—is doubling down on its diversity. (2019)


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Refused U.S. Visa Eight Times, Zoom CEO Is Now a Billionaire - Bloomberg

Yuan and his family sold shares worth $57 million in Zoom IPO Global video conferencing market is forecast to grow 8% a year (2019)


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Canada Says, ‘Give Me Your MBAs, Your Entrepreneurs’ - 2019 - Bloomberg

Foreign talent helps power the nation’s economic boom... In August, there were about 570,000 international students in Canada, a 60 percent jump fr... (2019)


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Immigrants arrive with flourishing gut microbes. Then America’s diet trashes them. - The Washington Post

Once in the U.S., immigrants in the study ate foods richer in sugars, fats, and protein. Their microbiomes changed within months of moving, and obe... (2018)


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The easiest places in the world to get citizenship or residency, from Thailand to St. Lucia

Not everyone gets to be a global citizen. That's one takeaway from Henley & Partners’ annual report on the world’s most powerful nationalities and ... (2018)


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The U.S. Immigration Debate | Council on Foreign Relations

Comprehensive immigration reform has eluded Congress for years, moving controversial policy decisions into the executive and judicial branches of g... (2018)


Article

China offers 10-year visas to 'high end talent' - BBC News

Beijing hopes to attract more technology experts, entrepreneurs and scientists to help its development. (2018)


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As Flow of Foreign Students Wanes, U.S. Universities Feel the Sting - The New York Times

Colleges have cut programs amid a drop in international enrollment tied to several factors, including more restrictive immigration policies. (2018)


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H-1B visa holders: How The U.S. Lost Thousands Of High-Skilled Workers To Canada

On July 16, 2023 Canada opened visa applications for a pilot program that would allow up to 10,000 H-1B visa holders in the United States to apply ... (2023)


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International finance: Why oligarchs choose London for their dirty money

Britain is one of the best places in the world to launder dirty money. Our new film tells you why—and asks whether that's likely to change.00:00 - ... (2023)


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Immigration Courts - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

America’s dysfunctional immigration court system forces many children to appear in court alone. That’s as ridiculous in real life as it would be on... (2018)


Website

Boundless - A Modern Immigration Company

Get the expertise of an immigration lawyer without the price tag. Apply for your green card or fiancé visa online with Boundless. (2024)


Website

H1B Valley - A Showcase of Billion Dollar Startups created by Immigrants.

Immigrants create jobs and add massive value to the USA. Explore some startups they've created. (2020)


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