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0 pointsanigbrowl10mo ago0 comments

children of the most powerful families across the world

I doubt that most of those people are reliant on student visas.

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The students absolutely are. Up until now the law applies to everyone. Now, their applications were probably rapidly approved unlike many international students. But there’s no carve out for being powerful (yet).

moralestapia10mo ago

You cannot jump over immigration requirements "just because you're powerful", and the vast majority of them are not US citizens.

londons_explore10mo ago

They could easily get an E2 entrepreneur visa, and the necessary cash is as little as $300k, most of which can be withdrawn later, so it's effectively a free citizenship as long as you have cash.

EduardoBautista10mo ago

E2 visa is not available to everyone. Notably Indian and Chinese citizens are not eligible. And that is a large chunk of international students.

ndsipa_pomu10mo ago

You could probably get round immigration requirements by "gifting" a jet or something

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mandmandam10mo ago

> You cannot jump over immigration requirements

You probably will be able to soon though, and it 'only' costs $5m: "A ‘Trump Card Visa’ Is Already Showing Up in Immigration Forms" [0]

I couldn't blame you for not having seen this though. It was quickly flagged and never whitelisted; like so, so many other important stories here this past few months. Check my favorites for more falsely flagged stories.

0 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43921421

anigbrowlOP10mo ago

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