High-Skilled Immigration
How can we attract and retain superstar talent from around the globe?
Today, we face increasing competition to be the home for the world’s top scientists and technical practitioners. Unlike many of our industrialized counterparts, such as Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, we have no dedicated pathway for entrepreneurs or high-skilled immigrants to live permanently in the country. Through both legislation and executive action, the United States urgently needs to start taking a proactive approach to recruiting global talent.
In addition to publishing policy briefs, IFP also maintains a repository of other high-skilled immigration resource materials.
Featured Publication
High-Skilled Immigration
A Prescription for Fixing the Prevailing Wage System
Replacing Blind Benchmarking with Experience Benchmarking
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High-Skilled Immigration
Featured Publication
A Prescription for Fixing the Prevailing Wage System
Replacing Blind Benchmarking with Experience Benchmarking
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High-Skilled Immigration
Help Wanted: Modernizing the Schedule A Shortage Occupation List
A new data-driven method to identify gaps in the labor market
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High-Skilled Immigration
A Serious Case for Dynamic Scoring
Innovation policy has a budget problem, and Congress has a chance to fix it
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High-Skilled Immigration
Visa Interview Waivers after COVID
Even though the COVID emergency is over, personal appearance waivers should be a standing policy in low-risk cases
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High-Skilled Immigration Research Team
High-Skilled Immigration
Harnessing Global Talent for Regional Innovation
Three ways the executive branch can streamline visa pathways to support new regional innovation hubs
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High-Skilled Immigration
Renew Visas at Home
Domestic visa reissuance has been suspended since 2004 — it's time to bring it back
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High-Skilled Immigration
Biden’s Visa Breakdown
America’s dysfunctional visa system threatens a White House Summit – and US national security
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High-Skilled Immigration
Creating a Global Skill Partnership with Central America Using Existing US Visas
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High-Skilled Immigration
The Case for High-Skilled Immigration Reform
(And How to Make It Happen)
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High-Skilled Immigration
Semiconductor Investments Won’t Pay Off If Congress Doesn’t Fix the Talent Bottleneck
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High-Skilled Immigration
STEM Immigration Is Critical to American National Security
America’s ability to attract the world’s leading minds is an asymmetric advantage
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High-Skilled Immigration
Unpacking the Biden Administration’s Latest Actions to Attract Stem Talent to the US
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