In my country there’s a list of about 56 professions that are reserved to nationals. These include any type of engineering, dentistry, medicine, arquitecture, etc.

I was wondering if anything similar exists in the US?

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  1. Do you mean someone being a citizen of the US? It will make most jobs difficult but undocumented people get by. There are some rules about citizenship for people holding elected office like the president lol. I don’t think most people regardless of their citizenship have to worry about missing out on that opportunity

  2. And the reason you can’t be assed to say the name is your country is…?

    Also, your country sounds seriously discriminatory.

  3. No. They used to do that to persecute the jews in Europe, I didn’t think it existed anymore. What country are you from?

  4. You cannot be in Congress, the Supreme Court, or the President as a foreigner. The US government will often require people working for it to be citizens as well.

  5. Yes, anything regulated by ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) This covers more than you’d expect. Pretty much anything related to military equipment production including most of Boeing, Space X, etc.

  6. Anything dealing with national security or sensitive technologies like aerospace / rocket technology.

    Plenty of jobs out there that require a security clearance, you must be a US citizen and not be a citizen of any other country to get a clearance.

    Non-citizens will never get to work at the CIA, NSA, USCYBERCOM, etc. Even contractor jobs like SpaceX or Skunk Works won’t hire foreigners.

    Elon Musk gave the same explanation to someone who asked “When are you going to hire people from other countries?”

    Edit: Found the video of Elon fielding that question

    https://youtu.be/CIvtiNpKEY0

  7. It’s really hard to get into the aerospace industry in the US without being a citizen, because of weapons export restrictions.

  9. As others have mentioned, the only jobs closed to non-citizens are national security related jobs (which are also closed to Americans with certain backgrounds). Aside from professional licensing requirements, we don’t have any sort of restrictions on jobs just for highly education high paying positions like you mention. In fact, having advanced degrees or specialized work experience actually makes it easier to get a work visa to come to the US. An engineer or dentist would have an easier time coming to the country than a plumber or factory worker

  10. Not really, the only exceptions are that you generally can’t run for office as a non-citizen and you can’t work in certain jobs critical to national security.

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