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[Royal_Phalanx]

A high paying job offer can just barely get me in at 30 points gained. When I'm a bit older I'd get more points for that. Still, why do that when I live in Europe and am an EU citi-wait, Brexit you say? Fuck. (Germany please give me jerb)

 

[Black Republican]

26...so do I need to pack and leave or...what? Am I birthed in? Do I subtract points cause I'm black? So many questions.

if you're black (like me) divide your total by 3/5ths

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16 for me

 

[Ishan]

I'd say that's partially true, and I'd say that some are making decent bucks. I do see a lot of posts from people who are clearly IT guys or web developers. But young PHDs making over $155,000 a year are simply numerically rare. I don't see many GAF posts that give me an impression there's a disproportionate amount of people that fit that category here. When we get a flood of threads about what wine goes best with caviar or what options to get on luxury cars and less about $30 Italian meals I'll change my assessment.

that 155k is based on location. Highest payed would be in nyc and cali where the requirement to the highest level is 180k.

 

[Royal_Phalanx]

What do junior web developer jobs pay in the US? They pay you a lot apparently compared to Europe even though you'd be some newbie with very little experience.

 

[Trakdown]

27 here.

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Moving to Japan soon anyways, so fuck it.

 

[boingball]

23, I could make it if I were in the right age group.
Though 15 points for an olympic medal which is more than you can score via education? (On the other hand I am surprised to see education at all in there since Republicans think that education is harmful to society).

 

[Laevateinn]

46

Hoping I can use this score to get an offer in a better country.

 

[Tony Redgrave]

It blows my mind that you basically have to be an scientist with a master's degree under 35, filthy rich or a Nobel prize/top athlete to pass this. Insane.

 

[Hopeford]

I mean, America didn't let my family come before Trump anyway, so this isn't shocking me haha. (We ended up going to Canada, I'm pretty happy with how things turned out)

 

[old]

28, damn.

Some of those requirements are ridiculous. Alright, most of them are.

 

[OmegaTreeFish]

If it was trump himself doing the approval i imagine he would just use a pantone chart.

Edit.

Did test. 24 points lol.

Basically you gotta be young and rich haha. So surprising.

 

[jimmypython]

78k? WTF.

I'm 30 btw. I am in Canada. So I would come if there is a better job and I don't give a shit about green card lol

 

[Kayhan]

32

lol I am already here on an H-1B but I will take my Trump bonus now.

 

[Ishan]

I hope ppl are using state median income *1.5 / 2 /3 while doing the income thing.

The limits are
90k
120k
180k if youre in ny or cali.

Of course its lower than the stated if you live in a state with lower income.

 

[andythinkpad]

22.

I neee a Noble prize or Olympic medal stat!

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

I guess I was expecting crazier requirements. These are high, but not really unfair.

I'd suggest the same to people considering moving to NYC or San Francisco, lol.

When was the last time you dusted off that nobel prize or Olympic medal? The requirements are ludicrous and having such ridiculous ones be a huge benefactor makes it super easy to be gated out unless you're both young and rich.

 

[Ishan]

I guess I was expecting crazier requirements. These are high, but not really unfair.

I'd suggest the same to people considering moving to NYC or San Francisco, lol.

again .... the article simplies it and uses national averages . the actual bill uses state median incomes so the limts in cali and nyc are higher
90k
120k
and 180k (basically 1.5,2,3 times median income are the income brackets)

 

[spelen]

Damn looks like my mom is right I should have tried to go for the Olympics

 

[Ishan]

When was the last time you dusted off that nobel prize or Olympic medal? The requirements are ludicrous and having such ridiculous ones be a huge benefactor makes it super easy to be gated out unless you're both young and rich.

refer above . its worse in those places.

 

[chekhonte]

Damn, and I'm Native American too but missed the cut by 2 points.

 

[Hoo-doo]

I got 44 points with a hypothetical job offer. 31 without the job offer.

So i'd make the cut.

 

[curi0usBystander]

23. I'd need a couple extra years, and an hypothetical job offer

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Or a Nobel prize

 

[Maedre]

Only 23. Damn Nobel prize.

 

[Bornstellar]

Am a citizen:

Your score: 36

*whew* Looks like I'm safe for now.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Only 17 points

I am not fit to live here

 

[Pau]

26. Might be able to make it after getting my masters. Alternatively, I think I meet the requirements for Canada's point system.

 

[Miles X]

Even Trump doesn't hit 30 points, by my calculations.

 

[Cockmagic]

41 but already a citizen. I fit the demographic they're looking for, I guess.

 

[beacon 0f light]

I scored a 48. Each of my parents would have scored a 7. I can't overstate how angry this bill--and its hateful, privileged supporters--makes me.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

23

Fuck, why'd I have to settle for 4th at the Olympics?

 

[Souldriver]

If only I had a Nobel Prize.

 

[FinaruDensetsu]

41 points.

But what the test doesn't tell you is you get penalized points for being a minority. So I'm probably at a -50 or something.

 

[deltatheta]

It's good to know that just by speaking English I'm already almost halfway to being as meritorious as a Nobel Prize winner.

 

[Kayhan]

Where are my White points?

 

[FinaruDensetsu]

Trump doesnt even qualify by his own standards

He'd barely get by because he has a bachelor's and he has loads of Russian rubles to invest here.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

I like how having a stupid fucking medal is worth more than a degree in stem.

Priorities.

 

[Lonestar]

if only I had come to America when I was younger. Or stayed in college longer (they must love having people with Student Loan debt).

 

[JKRMA]

Lol, got 20, I selected no job offer and did not translate my current job to a job offer. I wtfed at Nobel prize or Olympic gold medalist! For Trump, might as well as ask "what carat gold is your pussy?" So he knows if it's work to grab in America or not.

 

[RyanW]

I like how most Americans wouldn't even qualify.

 

[HvySky]

21/30. Guess I'll pack up and leave. Sorry, guys.

 

[Saganator]

I officially offer all of GAF a job with a salary of at least $160,000.

None of you will get the job. It does not, strictly speaking, exist outside the heady bounds of my imagination.

But I am offering.

Huh. This got me thinking. What if one were to set up a job offer mill company, people pay a couple hundred bucks and they're sent a nice job offer for whatever amount they need it to be to qualify.

 

[facetheslayer92]

I like how most Americans wouldn't even qualify.

Yeah, it's pretty insane. I imagine only 10% would.

 

[FinaruDensetsu]

Yeah, it's pretty insane. I imagine only 10% would.

And that's just to qualify to apply to immigrate. As USCIS has basically absolute discretion on whether to approve you or not, it'd be less than that 10% of people who actually get approved to immigrate.

i.e. all those brown people applying would get rejected even if they were a dual Nobel prize and olympic medal holder.

 

[JORMBO]

I'm good.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

I received 34....but I already live in America.

 

[Bornstellar]

Trump doesnt even qualify by his own standards

You'd have to give him the investment points and he has a Bachelor's degree.

 

[Izuna]

Got 25. 5 points off.

I'm assumed we had the same answers

 

[Salty Rice]

23.

Fuck i need a nobel prize asap.

 

[ErasureAcer]

26. Let me in Canada.

 

[necrosis]

28

i have a degree, am fluent in english, and am 26 (which puts me in this test's optimal age bracket). this is insane