Timeline for Ph.D. rejection from German University due to citizenship and gotten degree from my previous institute by BAFA
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| Oct 22, 2022 at 15:59 | comment | added | Dr. Snoopy | @Dilworth This is exactly my point, your claims are too generic, which countries? Do these countries issue visas inside Russia? For example the US does not issue visas inside Russia since they do not have working Embassy/Consulates, only in Warsaw. And there is always the issue of survivor bias, you only hear of the successful cases and not about the unsuccessful ones (for whatever reason). And in all cases they would go through a background check. My comment about Rwanda is to show how not welcoming some countries are to refugees. And OP was not accused of being a spy, only a background check | |
| Oct 22, 2022 at 14:54 | comment | added | Dilworth | @Dr.Snoopy, no country I know of deported Russians who are in the same situation as the OP to Rwanda. And I know for a fact that many countries are welcoming to Russians scientists in related areas to those of the OP (i.e., do not invoke espionage accusations or investigations against them; here I assume OP is not a spy). Re Quantum: I was answering others who claimed this is the OP area. | |
| Oct 20, 2022 at 22:27 | comment | added | Dr. Snoopy | @Dilworth You do not actually know if Quantum Computing is the problem, the OP does not know anything except that the Professor canceled the contract, and from what was said, I suspect that a background check is needed (which makes sense) and it would take too long to complete or be too expensive (I know cases like this much before this war started). Germany already issued a visa, the OP already lives in Germany, not sure what you would mean as more welcoming country. Other countries would try to deport him to Rwanda. | |
| Oct 20, 2022 at 12:28 | comment | added | Dilworth | Quantum Computing is not practically related to any security considerations. The connection to Shor's algorithms and other "crypto breaking algorithms" is still a theoretical curiosity. And there is no real risk in the next decade or so for "stealing information", apart perhaps for people in Quantum experimental physics, if at all. I'd cast this treatment of the candidate as a slightly political motivated action, more than an objective cautionary measure. I would suggest the OP to search for other more welcoming country. | |
| Oct 20, 2022 at 7:55 | comment | added | Lodinn | I hear you. German prices are offset by their wages, but only if you have good job prospects. Germany just happens to be a very popular destination among Russians, all things considered (another one of my friends have moved there just this month and I can't be happier for them), so possibly hearing the stories about those who have successfully emigrated and hoping to find support among fellow expatriates and Austria gets overlooked as a result. | |
| Oct 20, 2022 at 7:47 | comment | added | EarlGrey | @Lodinn exactly. OP is facing Point 3). Given that OP was in Germany for 3 months, so hopefully got a minimum of german classes (and german bureaucracy), but almost ended his money, it is easier to fulfill point 3) by moving to Austria. It is relatively close by and even Vienna is cheaper than Stuttgart, providing plenty of opportunities to survive without losing completely one's dream path. | |
| Oct 19, 2022 at 19:29 | comment | added | Maarten Buis | They may well have more trouble getting their research funded. You don't have to be a fanatic Putinist to spy for Russia. If someone still has family members in Russia, and got a visit with the message that it would be a shame if something where to happen to them, then few could blame her/him if (s)he would than collaborate... | |
| Oct 19, 2022 at 16:16 | comment | added | Evgenii | @Buffy the subject itself also a problem. Some of top scientist in quantum computing are russians (Harvard,Caltech) and there more in Europe too. I don't think anyone will close this subject to them, right? I think I could only hope that different export organizations will be more selective, why throw away good brains if you could use them+they could support Ukraine with money or help to develop quantum technologies in Ukraine. I would like to do this (I am ethnic Ukrainian) instead of dying in russian prison. | |
| Oct 19, 2022 at 15:57 | comment | added | Lodinn | If my social circle is any indication at all, language is not high on the list of considerations for most people who left, be it before or after the war started. It is just a "nice to have", the priorities are generally 1) Not dying 2) Not ending up in prison 3) After 1 and 2 are fulfilled for the immediate closest circle, making ends meet 4) Not being thrown too far off the chosen life path (one could become a janitor in theory, sure) 5) Other nice-to-haves. Thank you for your sympathy and yes, there are still people who have it much, much worse... | |
| Oct 19, 2022 at 14:50 | history | edited | EarlGrey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 19, 2022 at 14:49 | comment | added | Buffy | If I'm correct that the field of study (quantum computing) is the real issue, not Germany, then this will help little. It is a potentially sensitive subject due to its relationship to encryption (a munition in most places, including the US). | |
| Oct 19, 2022 at 14:44 | history | answered | EarlGrey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |