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TIME: Find Out If Trump Would Let You Immigrate To America
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DrunkShogun
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28. Didn't have are you a Muslim question or I would have expected a lot Lowe.
Arrogant Bastard
Banned
I find it beyond absurd that winning a medal at the Olympics in the past eight years is worth more than a doctorate in Stem or willing to invest over 1.8 million dollars in industry.
Raylan Targaryen
Member
i mean sure he would lie, i was going by if he actually told the truth
Fair point. I guess I should say that such a system is not atypical, but this version of it is too severe.
Aaronrules380
Member
I'm an American. I'd get a 26 right now, but I'm currently in the process of getting my Masters and in a few years I'd qualify for the best age bracket, so I'd be able to get in by that point
Still these requirements are ridiculous
Still these requirements are ridiculous
AlmostMilk
Member
26 points. Guess I don't belong in my own country.
RumblingRosco
Member
35.
That PhD finally paying off. See y'all suckers later!
That PhD finally paying off. See y'all suckers later!
facetheslayer92
Member
Jesus, these requirements are high. My dad got a PhD at 26, but it's really fucking rare to accomplish.
mattwhite924
Member
Being a software engineer gets me in.
Doesn't Canada use a merit based system? I'm curious how it compares to this. I assume it's way better thought out.
Doesn't Canada use a merit based system? I'm curious how it compares to this. I assume it's way better thought out.
Polioliolio
Member
Wow. 25. I have a bachelor degree, what I'd call excellent English, and no, I don't have a job that makes over 75,000 a year. 95% of anyone in the midwest doesn't.
Fuck the orange turd.
Fuck the orange turd.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Haha this fucking thing is absurd.
Might as well kick out 95% of the US's citizens.
19 btw =(
Might as well kick out 95% of the US's citizens.
19 btw =(
Vital Tundra
Member
Im american and I didn't come close. Those salary choices are fucking ridiculous.
This Trump system is a less strict version of our own. It's not a big deal that our immigration system is built that way to most Canadians, since there are other ways to get in not based on that system, but there are fewer allowed in per year
ultracal31
You don't get to bring friends.
26
That's where you get when you're an arts degree :\
That's where you get when you're an arts degree :\
We'll switch, no take-backsies.
NoblesseOblige
Banned
The job offer one is nonsense because it takes no account of the variability in regional salaries. Like even some medical professionals I interact with at work make fewer than $78k a year because they're in rural locations.
Also I always heard it was harder for men to immigrate but that doesn't seem to be demonstrated on the survey.
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And I don't understand the English ability question. It has fluent above excellent. I'm fluent, and definitely above average, but I wouldn't consider myself 'excellent'.
Also I always heard it was harder for men to immigrate but that doesn't seem to be demonstrated on the survey.
Edit:
And I don't understand the English ability question. It has fluent above excellent. I'm fluent, and definitely above average, but I wouldn't consider myself 'excellent'.
I am not opposed to the concept of preferring "skilled" immigrants, but a proposed system like this isn't nearly nuanced enough about what does or doesn't qualify as "skilled". It's using a very broad brush.
Just like how I can certainly understand STEM-related individuals being highly desirable, but that shouldn't mean that getting a master's or doctorate in a very different field lacks enough value to be considered as a "skill" here.
Just like how I can certainly understand STEM-related individuals being highly desirable, but that shouldn't mean that getting a master's or doctorate in a very different field lacks enough value to be considered as a "skill" here.
hydrophilic attack
Member
when I finish my PhD they would let me in
Tony Redgrave
Member
27, Welp, better start working on that Nobel Prize.
The actual bill proposed does. its 150 200 and 300 percent of state median income. So the actual values for ppl in stem in cali are not
77k
103k
155k
its
90k
120k
180k
The article uses national median to make a simpler quiz.
The english requirement makes use of percentiles in something like toefl. To get a 6 you need to be in the 6th or 7th decile that means basically better than 50% of the people taking the test. If you want fluent you have to be in the top decile (top 10%). I remember taking that test most f1 students have to pass a minimum and im sure many will easily cross the 6th decile mark with many hitting higher deciles. But it is still a percentage system not a raw skill system. So all said and done you have to be top 10% of english ppl taking the test to get the 12.
Walter White Walker
Member
I got 20. Canada here I come!
darkazcura
Member
So you basically need to be in your mid 20s and have a job offer of 80k+. Wow
Waddle Dee
Member
20.
Damn, those are some crazy and selfish standards to live up to. It's even worse than I though. If you aren't rich, or don't have something like a Nobel Prize, than you're not qualified.
Damn, those are some crazy and selfish standards to live up to. It's even worse than I though. If you aren't rich, or don't have something like a Nobel Prize, than you're not qualified.
Really? I didn't think there was such a thing.
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YesThatGuy
Banned
35... Still moving to France at the first chance.
Hamster Plugin
Member
Without a job offer (or with a too low-wage offer) I'd get 27 from this thing, assuming "good" English ability. Any job offer that gives points would push me over the edge.
Just gotta get that offer and then I can come #maga
Just gotta get that offer and then I can come #maga
and vote for a democrat
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's interesting seeing how this is covered here in Canada compared to the US, since Canada has a points based system for immigration and it's treated as "normal".
I remember some site ages ago doing the same type of informal test, but to see if Canadians would qualify to become Canadian under the immigration rules.
I remember some site ages ago doing the same type of informal test, but to see if Canadians would qualify to become Canadian under the immigration rules.
GabeTheGrouch76
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Born in Virginia, only scored 19.
Out of curiosity, I tried scoring my mother on this poll, who has multiple Masters degrees and a good salary. She got 28.
Out of curiosity, I tried scoring my mother on this poll, who has multiple Masters degrees and a good salary. She got 28.