Thousands of Russian tech workers pulled off a perilous escape from their crumbling homeland. Now they face an anti-Russian backlash, reluctant banks, and sky-high rents.
According to Alexandra, Russian workers are also transferring their funds into cryptocurrencies, in order to access funds outside the country. She also deleted any political information from her phone before leaving the country, after being warned that immigration officers at airports were checking people's messages for mentions of Putin, the war, or any connections to Ukraine. Others wiped their phones entirely or used burner phones while leaving Russia.
But while the majority of tech workers who've left Russia view countries like Georgia and Armenia as stops on their way to Silicon Valley, US immigration policies are no longer as welcoming to foreign workers. Caps on the most popular foreign-worker visa, the H-1B, and the restrictive requirements of the O-1 visa have made it difficult for high-skilled workers to immigrate to the United States.
Georgia's digital-nomad visa — a program the country's government introduced to subsidize pandemic-related losses in tourism — has made it possible for nearly 35,000 Russian tech workers to resettle in the country. Similarly, Armenia allows Russians to enter the country on a domestic ID and has created a working group tasked with helping Russian entrepreneurs and businesses relocate to the country.
Domracheva, the founder who recently relocated her workers to Dubai, said Mexico and Panama are also on the table, as she plans for the long-term resettlement of her workers. Moving to Latin America would allow them to work closer to US time zones, where her company is based.
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