Predicting the chances for a Green Card in the US

[barjacks]

Green Lights for Green Cards

My main question: Do the rates of foreign workers receiving permanent Visas vary from nation to nation.

• How much do they vary? Map them out.
• Show the varying professions of the top and bottom nations.
• Develop a predictor, so you can e.g. compare the chances of equal professions from different nations.

  Data

PERM data 2009 - 2016 Natural Earth Data SOC Codes for Professions

Tools I'll be using

• Pandas, Matplotlib, QGis to explore the data.
• Various classifiers to develop the predictor.

  Questions the Predictor could answer

Does an Indian applying for a Green Card with a background as a Computer Scientist have a better chance than a Tibetan?

Nations with workers with less skills are obviously going to have much less chances of getting a visa. That's why I want to make a predictor.

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