Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhy is the word "expat" a thing?message-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the word "expat" a thing?Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·3 days agoYeah because they screen people, not just let anyone come in.
minus-squareTheGalacticVoid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoNo, it’s because there’s a lottery system that has been backlogged for decades. US immigration is such a bad process that skilled people go to Canada instead because the government there actually values those people.
minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·3 days agoAh ok. Yeah I guess they don’t make it a priority for some reason.
Yeah because they screen people, not just let anyone come in.
No, it’s because there’s a lottery system that has been backlogged for decades. US immigration is such a bad process that skilled people go to Canada instead because the government there actually values those people.
Ah ok. Yeah I guess they don’t make it a priority for some reason.