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what are you talking about education system here, its the best in the world. But then how and what would H1 (not F1->H1) person know about the education system here when that person is a \'cheap\' labor here. So you think that all those people who came here on H1 during past 5 yrs in the wake of Y2K and net wave are very \'brainy\', yeah! right!!. It was the quick and the cheapest way to come here in the land of opportunity and prosperity (milk and honey so to speak) which was, otherwise, not even a possibility for most of them. \'Best of the mind\' you say - don\'t be so naive. Then what would you call those who came here on F1 to further their careers by persuing MS, PhD, MBA, Post Graduate Degrees in Medicine and so on. And he points finger at their education system. Any top manager, an immigrant, invariably has a US degree. Too many avenues this socirty has to offer to enjoy the life and have fun is the foremost and compelling reason for the diminishing % of locals in the colleges here, besides it being too expensive. And you believe that those \'best of the minds\' immgirants are wealthy enough to support themselves here if they didn\'t get TA\'s and RA\'s ??? Regardless, GC is a priveledge not a birth right. Besides, its matter of demand and supply. If they want, they can and will increase the H quota and its their perogative to reduce it. And they will control the rate at which GC\'s get approved. Your urgency and desperation does not caste an emergency on their part.
GC seekers are beggars in the sense that they do not have any say in the processing time regardless of their contribution to the socio-economy of the country. They may allow you to stay here for 6 yrs on H1 and may be even longer, they are not obliged to give you GC for your \'Hard Work\' or \'loyalty\'. And if you choose to stay here like normal human being (believe me, many don\'t), you would still buy cars, electronics, etc.
I was the one myself who made this choice of staying here for a better life despite knowing that I may not be able to reunite with my parents and/or others for 3 yrs or may be more. Precisely correct - take it or leave it. Its not like that \'the\' company or this country won\'t survive without one or few \'brainy immigrants\'. If 10 has to leave, 100 are ready, no dying, to be here. I come from a country where domestic help is readily available and that too at very affordable cost, but I decide to come and live here like a domestic helper myself. Far far away from my loved ones. WHY. To boost the economy of some foreign land exposing my father/motherland to \'brain drain\' (mind you, I am so brainy for make such a wise choice afterall).
Politics and Government - they operate on same principle in just about any country in the world. Aren\'t you dealing with a government body here (INS) and so excited about it.