(green card, also known as foreigner's permanent residence permit. Baidu Encyclopedia explains that a green card is a permanent residence permit for foreign citizens. Holding a green card means that the cardholder has the permanent residence in the issuing country, and at the same time, holding a green card can exempt entry visas for a certain period of time. )
(American news 20 17 ranks the world universities. There are 8 American universities in the top ten, 5 American universities in the former 100 and 2 American universities in the former 1000. MIT Massachusetts institute of technology ranked second. )
Steven Hendryx, an interviewer at MIT, released the final data of Massachusetts' admission to the 20 17 University Expo. In 20 13, MIT * * * had 18989 applicants, and finally 1548 students were admitted, accounting for 8.2% (the admission ratio in 2016 was 7.9%). Among them, there are 200 local Chinese and 4 mainland Chinese (as international students). According to statistics, there are 3,800 international students who applied for MIT, and only 1, 3 1 were admitted, accounting for 3.4%, of which only 4 were from Chinese mainland.
In the admission of American colleges and universities, the number of international students is limited every year, and the data of Massachusetts is a typical representative. Comparing the admission rate data of international students with and without green cards, we can find that there is a great difference.
In American universities, green card students and international students vote separately when they are admitted, and the ratio of Americans to green card students is often much higher than that of international students. But in fact, the scores of many foreign students in China are much higher than those of the admitted American students. The average annual admission rate of eight Ivy League universities in the United States is only 9.2%; Generally speaking, the number of international students enrolled by prestigious schools is about 5%- 10% of the total enrollment each year, and it is open to the whole world. Take Harvard University as an example. In the past seven years, only seven foreign students from China were admitted each year, 90%-95% of the places were reserved for permanent residents or citizens, and about 2,000 local students were admitted each year.
Famous school chicken soup: without a green card, it is difficult to get into a famous school. It's not that you are not good enough, because there are too many excellent people and too few places.
Therefore, in order to apply for a better school without occupying the number of international students under the same conditions, many China students and their parents will seek various ways to get a green card in the United States.
The following are the ways to get a US green card so far:
(1)B- 1: excellent talents (including: EB 1A business elite; EB 1B professor and researcher; EB 1C senior manager of multinational enterprises);
(2)EB-5: Investing in immigrants (investing 500,000 US dollars, but I heard that Trump may want to increase the investment to 6.5438+0.35 million US dollars after taking office);
(3) After the OPT internship-H-1B visa lottery-apply for a green card (the cycle may be as long as 6-7 years).
(4) Marry a person of American nationality.
Blue Book of International Talents and Report on China's International Migration (20 12) (jointly published by center for china and globalization and Beijing Institute of Technology Law School) point out that China is experiencing the third large-scale "overseas migration tide", and investment migration has become an important part of China's overseas migration. According to the report, 27% of the ultra-high-net-worth business owners in China whose personal assets exceed 1 100 million yuan have emigrated, and 47% are considering emigration. Nearly 60% of the high-net-worth people whose personal assets exceed100 million yuan have completed investment emigration or have relevant considerations. Take 20 1 1 as an example, * * 934 China citizens obtained EB-5 investment immigrant visas in the United States, and 75% of all EB-5 visa applicants came from China.
Maybe when you see this, you will be unwilling. Why do our compatriots go abroad in succession? Why do a large number of outstanding talents have to become foreigners? Why do so many people want to stay in other countries after unfair competition when applying for studying abroad?