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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would anyone undertake such a study?[/quote]

More evidence that the achievement gap starts in the home, not the school system.[/quote]

Haven't you seen how Asian parents push their kids? No down time. They're having them count billboards while driving down a highway.

It doesn't mean the kids are smarter than other groups. It means the parents push them.[/quote]

Check your racism.  When non Asians ask their kids to count billboards it’s a cute Instagram hack to get their kids to stay occupied and learn! How wonderful! When Asians do it it’s “pushing” and “ tiger parenting.” [/quote]

+1 this board is eye opening in terms of racism toward Asian Americans [/quote]

It's racism to point out a fact, that Asians place a huge priority on educational achievement? Please tell me this is not fact, and that I'm a racist for stating this.[/quote]

It’s classic gene-environment-culture covariation. On average (not ALL!), Asians who are in the United States have genetically higher intelligence.[b] On average, they made it to the US on their smarts.[/b] Highly intelligent people enjoy learning. They find it easy to learn. Lo and behold, they spend more time on educational pursuits and their kids score higher on tests.  
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+1 You have to be really intelligent or be really well connected to be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. from Asian countries.
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? wouldn't that apply to most people from other countries, not just from Asia?[/quote]
LOL you don't get out much[/quote]
? well, I'm an Asian American, from an immigrant family.  DH is a white immigrant.  We know lots of other white (and Asian) immigrants.  So I think I "get out" a fair bit.  Oh, and none of my family members were educated when they immigrated here.[/quote]

People from other countries don't have the education requirements like Canada does.  The difference with Asian countries is there are certain visas from those countries, which can't be named in posts on this forum, that require education.  However, beyond that I don't think there are any education requirements.

[/quote]I practised immigration law for 29 years dealing with immigration cases mostly from East Asia.

There are no 'higher' educational requirements for immigrants from East Asia and generally more people come from East Asia using the 'family based immigration' than ' employment based ' immigration and even the ' employment based' immigration is divided into levels of 'skilled worker' with some category requiring bachelor's degree depending on which level of 'skilled worker' program one is applying under and there is also 'unskilled worker' category requiring no college degree or even high school diploma.

Overall, people from East Asia are not subjected to higher/additional educational requirements than immigrants from other areas. Non-immigrant visas (temporary stays) are totally different category and not really applicable to this discussion.[/quote]

For India though, looks like the priority date for an employment based immigrant visa for preference category 3 - skilled worker (bachelor's degree) is 2012.  Isn't that like a 10-year wait?

Whereas categories 1 and 2, for foreign nationals of Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Professors and Researchers, or Multinational Executives and Managers, or Advanced Degrees or Exceptional Ability in the Sciences, Arts or Business) looks pretty current as far as priority dates.

Doesn't that suggest that for immigrants from Asia. at least, it's much faster to get a green card if you possess exceptional credentials?  Or am I reading this wrong?  I know, it's not South EAST asia.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-december-2022.html[/quote]

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