[pfedor]

I would also mention Switzerland. I met plenty of people in Google's Zurich office who didn't get an American visa or were waiting for an American visa. For an engineer who has a job offer, getting a work permit in Switzerland is a few days process. I don't even remember the names of forms and visas involved, unlike "H-1B" or "L-1B" or "Adjustment Of Status" and the rest of the crap half of the engineers on the planet are still having nightmares about. And, at the risk of stating the obvious, Switzerland doesn't look exactly like a third world country. Way less so then, say, East Palo Alto (just a random example.)

[wallflower]

On the flip side, Switzerland is one of the hardest countries to earn citizenship in. 10 years continuous residency requirement!

[pfedor]

True. I knew people who were born in Switzerland and lived in Switzerland their whole lives, and still had Spanish passports only.