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Trump administration closes loophole that allowed O-1 visa holders including advanced researchers at OpenAI to remain in the US during green card applications

Applicants must now pursue consular processing abroad with years-long waits.

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roon#59@TSZZLOPlegal YIMBY alienlegal YIMBY alien@YIMBYPOLAND

Translation: if you’re a advanced researcher at OpenAI on the O1 visa (extraordinary ability) and you apply for a green card, they’ll make you go back abroad and wait years for an appointment. Of course, by then you probably no longer work at OpenAI.

9:30 AM · May 22, 2026 View on X
POSTAndrew Ng#9Andrew Ng@ANDREWYNG

The new White House policy requiring green card applicants to apply from outside the US is a capricious attack on legal immigration. It will hurt families, leave us with fewer doctors, teachers and scientists, and hurt American competitiveness in AI.

7:31 PM · May 22, 2026 · 61.2K Views
QUOTE POSTReid Hoffman#373Reid Hoffman@REIDHOFFMAN

Does this mean AI Researchers, employees, and students will now have to leave the country and wait through a backlog process to continue their work?

Harmful move for tech, business, and America broadly...

5:24 PM · May 22, 2026 · 157.6K Views
QUOTE POSTKim-Mai Cutler#1670Kim-Mai Cutler@KIMMAICUTLER

Guess all those brilliant PhDs will have to go home and contribute to competitive sovereign AGI elsewhere.

6:11 PM · May 22, 2026 · 16.4K Views
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