> Canada has the most straightforward and permissive immigration laws

> Compare it to h1b now.

H-1b is a non-immgrant work visa, so it should be compared to the same category in Canada, not the immigration process (which in the US is nearly identical to the process you describe for Canada at the same level of detail, except “wait for a draft” is instead “wait for your priority date to come up in the Visa Bulletin.", and the four years is 10 years.)

How is US process identical to the one in Canada? Canada checks your papers and gives you a PR (Green Card) right away. You enter the country, and boom you're a citizen without voting rights and jury duty.

Is there such a thing in US? Maybe I'm missing something, because the only realistic way to immigrate to US that I know is h1b lottery/caps bs.