My wife is a UK citizen. She was recruited to the US as a Professor at a US medical school (her employer sponsored her), and she does basic research in liver immunology. She has a PhD from King’s College in London and has earned a good salary since she came to the US. Still, she spent 6 years and $10,000+ in legal fees just to get her green card.
So why is becoming a citizen harder for her than for a deadbeat from Somalia?
I have friends from Nigeria who tell the same story - IF you’re an illiterate goat herder from the Muslim north, you get right in. BUT if you’re a Christian with good career skills from the south the US doesn’t want you.
Very strange.
Because she won't be joining the dependency class.
“So why is becoming a citizen harder for her than for a deadbeat from Somalia?”
My wife is a British subject too. It was easier for me to become a legal resident of the UK then it would have been for her to become an American resident.
I’ve often told her that it would be better if she booked a flight to Mexico, then cross the border on foot right onto Americas red carpet.