Application for a job in the Department of Government Efficiency

Please help me reach Elon or Vivek with this!

I hold a green card under the extraordinary ability program, and I want to apply for a job in the Department of Government Efficiency. I want to optimize the operations in legal work immigration.

Getting this green card was long, expensive, and exhausting. I spent $7k even without a lawyer, spent 4 months full-time writing my petition of over 500 pages long (I also published it, take a look [1]), and waited for 11 months after that to be able to come to the United States.

I want to cut this from months to days for those who follow, because America needs to greatly expand legal skilled work immigration, especially after the border with Mexico is closed. The United States loses over a billion in GDP every year from delaying the workers who are already found qualified.

And I have a plan that pays for itself from taxes right away. Check it out as well [2].

To give you an idea of how bad things are in legal immigration:

- You won't believe it, but there is a quota in the extraordinary ability program. And it's not just the high bar, but even the number of people who have already proven they qualified is limited by Congress. Last year, the quota depleted before the end of the year, and the whole machine halted for over a month. What is the purpose of that?

- To make it worse, there is a quota per country of birth. People born in India currently wait 3 years longer than others under the highest program for most talented people, and 10 years longer under the second-most preferred program. This is racist. Not to mention that every petitioner must prove that their immigration will significantly benefit the United States, so we are talking about those who have proven that already. But the law says: 'We got it, we will benefit significantly, now wait for 12 years. In the meantime, your kids will grow up, and you won't be able to take them with you, even though they qualify now. Too bad that the wait is that long'. Crazy.

- Next, the evaluation is subjective, and the officers are not accountable to anyone. A friend of mine was a Director of Engineering in a retail chain of over 200 stores, and an officer rejected his petition because there was no evidence that his role was critical. On another account, a team leader in Citibank was rejected because there was no evidence that Citibank was a distinguished organization.

- Next, a doctor of the Olympic team of a large Asian country could not evaluate her diploma and is unable to work in the United States. It's nearly impossible for doctors to immigrate and work here, and that's a major healthcare cost driving factor. In my homeland, an MRI scan costs $50, and many do it out of pocket multiple times a year for even minor issues, but in the US it costs thousands and is the last resort after weeks of patient's suffering.

- For those who qualify the process is so complicated that they choose to pay $15k to lawyers to prepare their case. Many lawyers just capitalize on their licenses, are not responsive and defer the actual job to paralegals working 80-hour weeks for $25k/year. Of course, they insist that only licensed attorneys can assist in writing immigrant cases.

- After that, people suffer at interviews abroad. Mine went smooth, but some consulate officers are dreadful. I know a story when an officer told a family with an approved petition: 'I think it's wrong that this program exists, and I will do all I can for you to never get this visa'.

This must stop immediately. All quotas must be lifted except the bar one needs to meet.

Dear Elon & Vivek, please consider me for DoGE! We need many right people here fast. Make immigration great again!

[1] My own petition: https://github.com/alexeyinkin/eb-1a/tree/main/2-petition
[2] My plan: https://github.com/alexeyinkin/eb-1a/tree/main/3-improvements

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