Hacker News Reader

Having lived in both Switzerland and US I have to say that US is much more friendly towards the immigrants from non-EU countries. Swiss make it nearly impossible for people outside EU to get a permanent redidence permit (have to wait for 10 years for a C permit) whereas in US there are multiple paths (EB1-3, NIV) and a plethora of employers (tech companies in West and East coast at least) who would offer GC sponsorship as part of the deal.

View on HN

Sure. But other EU countries are way more friendly. For example, Sweden I believe gives you a path to citizenship of close to 5 years. In the U.S., it would be > 5 years assuming non spousal green card.

Switzerland is the most unfriendly country for non-EU.

And the irony is that Switzerland isn't actually in the EU. However, they act like they are.

Switzerland is tied by many bilateral agreements with the EU. It's in their interest to adopt most of the EU legislation, so that they can do business smoothly with their neighbors, who are all EU members.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com