Farewell, the American dream: the next five years, 200,000 people left the United States

                    

despite the companys headquarters in the United States, Schneider served as the post of manager compensation, Guo Hongwei recently decided to give up work has received the U.S. H1B visa, with his wife moved back to US. Through consultation and the company, he will become the Schneider Shanghai branch manager of Human Resources salary.

about the reasons for return, Guo Hongwei told reporters: "The U.S. division of labor is very small, the company has in all aspects of the detailed policies and regulations, personal freedom and CREATIVE no room in the US, rapid economic development, the market is changing from time to time, especially in human resources is a relatively new one, a lot of things are still groping in the same field, in the US work more challenging, but also create more of value. "In his view, from a career point of view, USs potential opportunities more attractive.

and Guo Hongwei, like many highly educated foreign workers are leaving the United States.

2008 after years of economic crisis, the U.S. unemployment rate increased sharply from 4.9% in early 2008 to June 2009 of 9.5%. This means that for every ten people in the United States where there is a person is unemployed. If the count is looking for temporary staff working full-time and part-time workers, the unemployment rate is as high as 15.6%.

for foreign employees, in addition to the economic crisis facing the risk of unemployment, but also for their foreign status has brought heavy pressure. So many people chose to leave the United States at this time. Experts have worried - the loss of a large number of highly educated people, it may be delayed U.S. economic recovery, even after the international competitiveness of the United States causing serious damage.

the one from Harvard University, Duke University professor and researcher Wadhwa (Vivek Wadhwa) has sponsored research shows that people in the USs returnees, 72% thought USs opportunities for development than the United States a good chance. Returnees population in India, 56% of the people of their own country hold the same view. Wadhwa is expected in the next five years, there will be 200,000 high-tech talent to leave the United States, and over the past 20 years in sharp contrast to the 10 million people.

need luck to get work visa

the U.S. education system to attract outstanding students around the world. When choosing to study in the target countries, USs students are always looking to have a high return on U.S. educational institutions. However, after graduation, finding a job is a major problem.

U.S. F1 student visa allows foreign students in the school year after completing their studies to obtain a work permit OPT (Optional Practical Training), science and engineering students may be extended to 29 months. Most foreign students use this time to find a job and apply for a work visa.

U.S. work visa quota of 45,000 per year to applicants who have undergraduate degrees, as well as an additional 20,000 to a masters degree and above applicants. Over the years, due to visa applicants far exceeds the quota, the U.S. government had to take the form of drawing lots to decide who can get work visas. As the draw completely random distribution, foreigners often find work, but do not have work visas and had to give up work to return the situation.

work visa application is very complicated, combined with a lottery program, the company even help you to do a visa, we can not guarantee you can get the visa. Therefore, many companies in order to remove the trouble, simply provides that, "only to recruit U.S. citizens and green card holders." Many small companies and even the "working visa" is how one thing do not know.

this years economic situation, plus the difficulties of working visas, so to find a job in a short time become an almost "mission impossible." The U.S. government open work visa application in 2009 after several months, an unprecedented number of applicants is less than the limit.

looking for work in the United States in the face of difficulties, some people just put their attention elsewhere.

2008 graduation in Management Master Zhou Peng Peng, who served in the U.S. Microsoft Corporation, in addition to Chinese and English, can speak French. When she quit the foreign students have decided to return to development, she is still on their career development positive attitude, and try to find work in the United States. Few months, her ability to make good her interview a few large companies stand out. However, when she learned the identity of foreign nationals, the interviewer will be undaunted, said the company will not apply for a work visa for her and feel sorry. Some interviewers even bluntly terminates the interview on the spot. There are also some companies, even in the past, the practice of recruiting foreign workers, but also because of the economic crisis this year, stopped for non-American employees and the recruitment of green card holders.

as a result of visa problems after hitting the wall several times, Zhou Peng Peng decided to develop another map. With its own language advantage, the focus of her job into Europe, through the online application and telephone interview, she was located in Brussels, Belgium food company Cargill hired.

"in most other countries do not like the U.S. work visas," she said, "Just find a job, you can get work visas."

Zhou Peng Peng that the U.S. work visas in the lottery program is a lack of respect for talent, and the United States to implement it to attract top talent and multicultural policies diametrically opposed.

nightmare green card application

for work visas in the United States who has received, they are not from the carefree life. U.S. work visa only up to 7 years. Seven years later, If you can not apply to green card must leave the United States. To work for a green card application process, but it is a nightmare for all foreign employees.

relatively liberal immigration policy in the 1990s, Labbe (Ravi) came to America from India to work in Merrill Lynch as a risk analysis. Work, Labbe won the companys sponsorship, begin to apply immigrant green card. From 2004 to submit applications for the first time, five years later, Labbe still not get a green card.

According to U.S. immigration policy, each applicant countries have 9800 green card quota, any more than the quota applicants, will be into next years application list. The annual quota is often greater than the number of applicants, so there has been a snowball phenomenon. US and India especially for the green card from the applicant, due to the large number of applications may need to wait 10 years to be approved.

Labbe on the date to get a green card without optimism - "is likely to be 2011 before they can get a green card." And the other is waiting for a green card applicants, in On this issue, his tone revealed the helplessness and frustration.

and wait patiently for a green card application is not the most difficult part.

U.S. immigration policy, green card application in the work period, employees must work in the same company - if you are applying for a green card, or take the initiative to replace employees forced to leave the company, this will mean a waiting period before all the void, starting from scratch.

Obama immediately in front of the stage, foreign employees expect a new visa and green card immigration policy will have adverse situation has improved. However, as the descendants of immigrants, Obama does not seem to care about the concerns of these foreigners.

to revitalize the economy and reduce its unemployment rate, the Obama administration was introduced in March 2009 received Troubled Asset Relief Program TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program). The policy stipulates that all companies receiving government aid may hire foreign employees. Many of these companies are hiring foreign workers, has not yet had time to apply for a work visa, was notified to cancel the contract.

Obama administration said that in the end of this year will introduce a new immigration initiatives, but the details of policy and the impact of immigration on high-tech is not clear. Politicians focus of debate is how to attract high-tech talent, to prevent the inflow of ordinary workers. Senate Immigration Committee Xishu Mo said that the future policy objective is "to encourage the worlds most outstanding individuals to the United States to create new technology and business, but companies must stop short-term immigration laws as a means of cheap foreign labor."

"We are working during the recession, the United States now has enough talent, but in the long run, you can not imagine how this would be the harm." Duke University Professor Wadhwa said, "people mean the loss of losing important to U.S. competitiveness. the next Google, Microsoft, or Apple computers, is likely to be set up in Shanghai or Bangalore, India."