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[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 20 points 1 week ago

You might wanna check out what immigration looks like on the easiest setting: https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/06/doge-ball/

This is a photo of my second O-1 ("Alien of Extraordinary Ability") visa application. It's 800 pages long:

The next one was 1200 pages long.

[-] criticon@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Not to demerit this person but O-1 (or EB1) is not the easiest setting at all, they need to demonstrate their "extraordinary ability", hence the many reports he needs to provide. Easiest setting would be employment based EB2 or EB3

[-] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Easiest pathway is CR1(Spousal). Just have to be married to an American for two years. For an employment based green card the timeline is 3 to 4 years (best case scenario, often much longer depending on your country of origin) and you're almost definitely going to be working for an American company that's eager to exploit your labor.

Being married to an American, especially in this day and age, is a unique hardship I wouldn't wish on most but I think it can be stomached for 48 months. I can understand why from a Canadian perspective, in 2026, it would be unpalatable.

[-] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Nowhere did I argue that immigration is easy or that the PedoNazis haven’t made it extremely difficult so they can criminalize and target minorities.

People are eager to attribute things to my comment without actually reading the comment. What gives?

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