‘After 14 years of dealing with the endless US immigration stress’: H-1B Redditor says he moved to Switzerland and life is incredible

Reddito
says
afte
livi g
i
the
US
fo
14
yea s
with
immig atio
u ce tai ty,
he
elocated
to
Switze la d.

A
tech
lead
of
a
compa y
sha ed
his
expe ie ce
of
bei g
a
H-1B
i
the
US
fo
yea s
a d
the
fi ally
putti g
a
e d
to
this
altogethe
by
elocati g
to
Switze la d.
What
t igge ed
him
was
the
US
immig atio
st ess
a d
G ee
Ca d
backlog,
the
ma
said,
addi g
that
he
lived
i
the
US
fo
14
yea s.
Relocatio
to
Switze la d
has
bee
i c edible,
he
said.”I’m
a
Tech
Lead
at
a
mid-sized
compa y
whe e
I’ve
a chitected
a
few
of
ou
co e
p oducts.
Si ce
we
have
a
office
i
Switze la d,
I
eached
out
to
leade ship
to
see
if
I
could
t a sfe
the e
o
a
B
pe mit.
The
compa y
ag eed,
ha dled
the
p ocess,
a d
I’m
officially
he e!”
the

Reddito
said.”Movi g
away
f om
the
co sta t
a xiety
of
the
US
immig atio
system
has
bee
a
massive
b eath
of
f esh
ai .
Life
quality
so
fa
is
i c edible.””If
you’ e
feeli g
t apped
i
the
e dless
GC
backlog
a d
you
compa y
has
i te atio al
offices,
I
st o gly
suggest
explo i g
i te al
t a sfe s
to
Eu ope
o
elsewhe e.
The
US
lost
out
o
my
tax
dolla s,
dolla s
I’m
ow
mo e
tha
happy
to
pay
to
Switze la d
i stead,”
the
Reddito
said.The
expe ie ce
sheds
light
o
alte atives
that
H-1Bs
ca
explo e
as
the
Do ald
T ump
admi ist atio
is
maki g
it
difficult
fo
eve
job
visa
holde s
to
emai
i
the
cou t y.

What
is
B
pe mit
i
Switze la d?The
Reddito
explai ed
that
getti g
a
B
pe mit
is
ot
easy,
as
the
a ual
cap
fo
o -EU
is
a ou d
4.5k.
But
si ce
his
compa y
is
well
k ow ,
it
was
easie
fo
him.
His
wife
also
got
a
job
i
Switze la d,
he
said.
B
pe mit
i
Switze la d
is
fo
fo eig
atio als
pla i g
to
stay
fo
ove
a
yea .
It
ca
be
e ewed
a ually.The
Reddito
explai ed
that
the e
could
be
a
10-20%
sala y
cut
f om
the
US
to
Switze la d.
“…but
to
be
f a k,
I’d
sac ifice
that
all
day
fo
the
peace
of
mi d,
bette
i f ast uctu e,
a d
ot
to
me tio
the
atu al
beauty
ove
he e,”
the
Reddito
added.