Chance of getting work visa

[Ronton31 0]

If you come from a country where you are being persecuted, and you are able to flee and make it (most often illegally) into another country, you can, under certain circumstances stay. The argument for this is that even though the person wouldn't otherwise qualify for a visa or green card, returning them would cause them to be politically imprisoned, tortured, and/or killed.

In other words, the US doesn't deport innocent people into certain death or torture.

Asylum is very common way to immigrate to western Europe, but not that common in the US. That's because most asylum seekers can't actually fly to the US, but they can easily sneak into Europe in the back of a van or truck.

To qualify for asylum though, you'd have to be from a real sh!thole, manage to get a visa, or seek in illegally, and them claim asylum. To get granted asylum, you have to prove that if returned, you'll be killed, tortured or cruelly imprisoned for completely ridiculous reasons, and that your country's government is either incompetent and unable to protect you, or actually the ones trying to kill/torture you in the first place.

Thank you for your comprehensive answer.

While I was completely unaware of that possibility, I think it is practically impossible for any average person to gain such 'advantage'. I think I would rather win in a lottery (money lottery, not green card one) then be able to benefit from it.

Nonetheless, thank you again for your reply.

We can count this topic as closed, since I already know much more then I needed.