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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (37177)	8/6/2005 9:06:15 PM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 306849

My former research assistant at ANU who now works for the Department of Industry, immigrated from Bangladesh with no job lined up for example. He had a law degree and statistics degree and had worked in banks and liasing for foreign development agencies, visiting researchers etc. like managing their field workers who collected data. You need to be 2 years in the country to become a citizen. But there really isn't an issue if you were granted immigration status. An American friend came to do a PhD at ANU and was granted immigration status. She became a citizen. Now lives in California (via the Netherlands in between). She had a BA major in geology from Penn and environmental consulting industry experience. Neither of these people would have gotten into the US directly as immigrants. The second one would get an F-1 visa and then would have to try to get a job and an H1-B in the optional practical training year. Then apply for a green card and maybe wait years for that if not in a shortage area or other specific catgeories (like a tenure track professor). And then wait another 5 years to become a citizen. The first would just not get in except after waiting maybe 10 years for family reunion (he is in that US queue by the way). My mother's Australian so though I was born in the UK I was registered as an Australian citizen from birth. Here in the US I was approved for a green card but am waiting to receive the paperwork that will let me go to Australia to actually get it. I'm on an H1-B now extended for another 3 years due to waiting for this paperwork. I've also had F and J visas.