Comment by someotherperson
2 years ago
Microsoft is a juggernaut from every angle that has direct ties to all arms of the U.S. government -- they can petition whatever backdoor deals they need to keep the knowledge and talent inside the U.S. rather than exporting it back overseas. They can angle it as a matter of national security without so much as a hint of difficulty.
Any visa issues will be resolved within a matter of days, not even weeks or months.
> Any visa issues will be resolved within a matter of days, not even weeks or months.
Agree. Further I'd add forget Microsoft, even at typical F500 company these visa concerns will be rather small so as not to brought at level of executive attention. Any large company has immigration/visa related department dealing with such things every day with separate piles for critical vs normal employees.
Yes, very much this. The rules are different when you are a >$1T company. You have Congresspeople on speed dial. Also, the Biden administration know what is at stake with their AI Executive Order. It will get done.
You don't even have to be a $1T company. Your body shops and outsourcing firm managers buy Green cards for their pets at office all the time.
Of all the things, Visas/GCs are the least of the issues here. Think of it like a joining bonus for their immigrant employees.
As someone actually on a green card, working at one large tech company and previously at another where I got the card (both in the same range of importance as Microsoft), and having seen various colleagues go through various issues: no, it really does not work that way. For instance, my card was delayed for something like 2 years, because anything immigration related was extremely slow in 2002...
The main benefit you get is good quality lawyers who make sure you do the process the right way.
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