No more work visas for the United States before 2021: worried French people

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No more work visas for the United States before 2021, this is the measure taken by Donald Trump that international workers face today. Meeting with French people who see their careers turned upside down by the decree of the American president.

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Barely graduating from a master's degree in digital communication, Alice finds the job of her dreams as project manager with a luxury perfumer in New York, a job that was to propel her career. “  For me, it was a gateway, I planned to work there for several years, ” she says, “ and I could have done it by starting with this internship.  "

A project that went up in smoke while Alice had been preparing the file for her visa since last November: “  It's not so easy to obtain a visa for a young graduate, it took months to build the file. It costs around 1,700 euros…  ”

Young engineer, Tom was to fly to Las Vegas in early August. Today stuck with his parents in Brittany, he hopes to postpone his departure. “  What I'm losing is a golden opportunity, I was going to do big data,” he explains. My mission has been canceled or postponed. We will relaunch for the spring of 2021. It is not yet completely in the water . "

Tom still believes in it and the mobilization of the Tech giants could well allow a thaw of visas. Facebook, Apple, Amazon, several large companies are mobilizing against the presidential decree and supporting a complaint filed in this regard by the American Chamber of Commerce.

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