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They may be accepting applications for 2020 but some subset won't be approved until they have the lottery. Also, it may take some time to update the file. The 2019 file will grow l…

If you look again, you'll see that it's the 2019 file that is much smaller. That is because FY 2019 is far from over. You can see a graph of the approvals for the full years of 200…

> One of the things I like about working in tech is the absence of the "they terk ur gerbs" type crap. That's better than the "We no terk ur gerb, we kreate moor gerbs!" crap (such…

> Which is why we are so much poorer these days than 100 years ago with way fewer people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of_labour_fallacy I don't buy the notion that every H-1B…

> I am skeptical of the table you show from computerworld.com, but it is top /approvals/ not applications. Which points to the endemic issue even more of IT consulting firms doing …

You are correct that the companies who hire the majority of H-1Bs are actually outsourcing firms. You can see from the first graph and table at http://econdataus.com/h1binfo.htm th…