Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhy is the word "expat" a thing?message-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1113arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the word "expat" a thing?Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheGalacticVoid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoBro skilled people wanting to become US residents or citizens have to wait an absurd amount of time to even have a chance
minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·2 days agoYeah because they screen people, not just let anyone come in.
minus-squareTheGalacticVoid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days 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-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·2 days 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.