According to the company’s leading research scientist Nam Brown, a Canadian AI researcher Kai Chen, who has been in the United States for 12 years, was denied the green card. A post on xBrown said Chen learned about the decision on Friday and should leave the country soon.
“It is deep about what I have worked with one of the best researchers of AI […] Brown wrote, “The American Green Card was denied. When we divert such abilities, we are endangering the US AI leadership.
Another employee of Openi, Dilin Hun said in A. Post He was “important” chin GPT-4.5One of the Openi flagship AI model.
Green cards can be denied All kinds of reasonsAnd this decision will not cost Chen’s job. A Follow -up postBrown said Chen intends to work far away from a airburn from Vancouver. [the] Dirt hopes that it will be resolved. “But this is the latest example of foreign capabilities facing high barriers to living, working and studying in the United States under the Trump administration.
Open did not immediately respond to the comment request. However, I Post on X in July 2023CEO Sam Altman called for changes to “high skill” immigrants to go to the United States and make it easier to work.
In a statement emailed after the story was published, a spokeswoman for Open said: “This application was filed shortly before joining our employee’s Open and we were not involved in the matter. However, our initial review, based on the information provided by us, shows that we have some issues in the work of filing.
In the past few months, More than 1,700 international students in the USIncluding AI researchers who have been living in the country for many years, His visa locations have been challenged as part of the aggressive crackdown. While the government Have blamed something Others of these students to support Palestinian militant groups or engage in “Anti -” activities Minor legal obstaclesLike high -speed tickets or other traffic violations.
On Friday, the administration suddenly withdrew the cancellation of the students’ visa. But the recovery can only be temporary. The government says she’s working on one “New system“To review and terminate visas for international students.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration has kept a skeptical eye on many applicants of the green card, Allegedly suspending processing Applications for the legal permanent residence presented by immigrants have obtained refugees or asylum status. It has also taken a tough view for green card holders that it is considered as “national security” dangers, Detaining and intimidating multiple with multiple exile.
AI labs like Openi relies heavily on foreign research capabilities. According to Sean RalstonAn independent contractor providing assistance for Openi’s API users, Openi filed more than 80 applications for only H-1B visa last year and has signed more than 100 visas since 2022.
The United States denied immigration to one of the principal researchers behind Openi’s GPT 4.5. A @Davidsx https://t.co/rxd3vazj2p
– Ali Parto (@Part) April 25, 2025
The Tech Industry’s favorite H-1B visa, allows companies to temporarily employ foreign workers in “special professions”, which require a minimum bachelor’s degree or equal. RecentlyImmigration officials have begun issuing “proof applications” for H-1BS and other job-based immigration applications, asking for home addresses and biometics, some experts may increase requests for denying anxiety.
Immigrants have played an important role in the development of the US AI industry.
According to For a study of Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, forbes’ 2019 “AI50” list of 50 “most expected” was the founder of 66 percent of the US -based AI startups. A 2023 analysis The National Foundation for US policy has found that 70 % of the full -time graduating students in the AI -related sectors are international students.
Ashish Vaswani, who moved to the United States to study computer science in the early 2000s, is one of the transformer co -creators, a seminal AI model architecture that helps chat boats help chat boats. One of the Openi co -founders, Wozich Zerimba, received his doctorate from NYU on a student visa.
America’s immigration policies, kitbacks in grant finances, and some of the sciences consider many researchers considering to consider leaving the country. To respond to nature In a survey of more than 1,600 scientists, 75 % said they were considering leaving for jobs abroad.
Update 5:08 pm Pacific: A statement from the Open AI spokesperson was added.