Should be as simple as...: Perplexity CEO to Elon Musk on immigration process

Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas had earlier highlighted the challenges immigrants face while obtaining a green card in the US. He had also recounted his three-year wait for a green card.

In Short

• Perplexity AI CEO suggests app-based immigration service
• Had earlier recounted his three-year wait for green card
• Elon Musk had promised Trump would 'fix' it if he won US polls

With tech titan Elon Musk and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy set to be part of the Donald Trump administration, Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas expressed hope for a streamlined immigration process and proposed an app-based service for a faster turnaround time. The Indian-origin CEO had earlier recounted his three-year wait for a green card.

Srinivas also suggested a higher application fee in exchange for high quality fast service. A green card allows a person to live and work in the United States permanently.

"Excited for Elon (Musk) and Vivek (Ramaswamy) to make legal immigration better. I would even push for a higher application fee (e.g. 2x) in exchange for high quality fast service. Think about immigration to America as you investing in the country," Srinivas tweeted.

"It should be as simple as you uploading documents from a mobile app, Apple Pay, interview scheduled in a week, and results arriving to you in a month," he proposed.

On Wednesday, President-elect Trump announced that Musk would work with Vivek Ramaswamy in a "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) tasked with cutting down wasteful expenditures. However, the department will not be a part of the government.

Last month, Srinivas highlighted the challenges immigrants face while obtaining a green card in the US. "I have been waiting for my green card for like the last 3 years. Still haven't gotten it. People mostly have no idea when they talk about immigration," Srinivas had tweeted.

Musk, responding to Srinivas, said the US had an "upside down" immigration policy and asserted that Donald Trump would "fix it" if he won the presidential election. Musk stressed that it had become hard for highly talented people to come to America legally.

"We have an upside down system that makes it hard for highly talented people to come to America legally, but trivial for criminals to come here illegally. Why is it easier to get in illegally as a murderer than legally as a Nobel Laureate?" Musk, the world's richest person, had tweeted.