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Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by jogjayr »

pandaman wrote: post #97
jogjayr wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> their immigration status being tied to employment greatly lowers their ability to self-advocate H1B holders are free to change employers, but the new employer has to apply for a new visa (not subject to the cap). I've changed my job 3 times on an H1B, always for a better role and more pay.

It is true for the H1B holders with the visas under 6 years. However there is a whole class of H1Bs who had been in status for longer. They manage to extend their status beyond 6 years based on approved I-140 and the fact that they cannot apply for a Green Card because of the country limit. For these people the H1B is the only available legal status and it entirely depends on the I-140, which belongs to the employer.…

> Also, theoretically, nothing prevents the old employer from recalling the I-140

Also untrue. Employers can only revoke I-140s within the first 6 months after approval. After that, they can't do anything if the employee decides to leave.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by pandaman »

jogjayr wrote: post #101
pandaman wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is true for the H1B holders with the visas under 6 years. However there is a whole class of H1Bs who had been in status for longer. They manage to extend their status beyond 6 years based on approved I-140 and the fact that they cannot apply for a Green Card because of the country limit. For these people the H1B is the only available legal status and it entirely depends on the I-140, which belongs to the employer.…

> Also, theoretically, nothing prevents the old employer from recalling the I-140 Also untrue. Employers can only revoke I-140s within the first 6 months after approval. After that, they can't do anything if the employee decides to leave.

Oh, that's a new rule from 2017, I did not know that. Worked as I described before that though.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by amrx431 »

Tyrek wrote: post #31
Bhilai wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Genuinely curious: Why don't the applicants give up and go back to their home countries ? H1B processing is very slow, Green Cards are taking decades, so is it still worth it ?

A reasonable portion of H-1Bs are from students who graduated domestically (within the US) and found jobs in the US. Their degrees might not have the brand name recognition back home, they might not want to go home for various reasons, etc.

And loans. It is impossible to repay a US school loan with an Indian or Chinese salary.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by amrx431 »

malshe wrote: post #50
holy_city wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Speaking anecdotally (which maybe the dataset backs up?) - yes. Immigration bureaucracy has slowed to a crawl, processes that used to take 6 weeks are now taking 6 months. It's unfortunate, since the news only talks about the administration's policies on undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers, not how the administration is dragging their feet on _all_ immigration processes. It's just not worth it to sponsor an H-…

I was talking to a few international masters students who can't find jobs in the US because increasingly companies can't sponsor H1-B. The immigration slowdown is across the board, even for EB1 green card applications. I think the wait time for EB1 is currently about 2 years and it is even more for Chinese and Indians.

> I was talking to a few international masters students who can't find jobs in the US because increasingly companies can't sponsor H1-B

Which schools did they graduate from? My 9 friends went to do MS in US and all of them got jobs in the valley with H1-B sponsorship. Their success is tempting me also to try the masters. Although fun of studying in a US school and CS again is also very tempting.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by amrx431 »

mastox wrote: post #32
Bhilai wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Genuinely curious: Why don't the applicants give up and go back to their home countries ? H1B processing is very slow, Green Cards are taking decades, so is it still worth it ?

I've had one co-worker give up on the US system, and is now working remote from the companies' Toronto office.

> working remote from the companies' Toronto office

Eh. Remote from office? How does that work?

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by ralph84 »

omegaworks wrote: post #100
ralph84 wrote: post #84

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In fact the current immigration system in the US was explicitly sold to Americans at the time as one that would not cause a demographic shift.

Sold how, and at which time, specifically? In 1882, when the first immigration law specifically called out Chinese people for exclusion? Or today, when the internationally agreed upon framework for asylum is actively undermined by the current administration? And what makes these sales just , fair , or even productive?

The current immigration system in the US dates to 1965. There has been a massive demographic shift in the US since then. The politicians at the time said there wouldn't be.

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=539139...

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by patrickg_zill »

omegaworks wrote: post #98
patrickg_zill wrote: post #95

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If you say "the State is electing itself a new people" then the demographic shift is more obviously anti-democratic, which it is. The people who voted are having their votes diluted...

>If you say "the State is electing itself a new people" You're the only one saying that, though. The state does not create people out of whole cloth. You can only see immigration as anti-democratic when you see new immigrants as somehow inherently different than the inhabitants. When you discard any notion that they could be equal partners in building better lives here.

They are different!

They are from another country and bring with them their own views, traditions and culture... They don't get mind-wiped when they land on US soil.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by KorematsuFred »

dudul wrote: post #11
KorematsuFred wrote: post #6

I wish they could also provide green card inventory in similar fashion. But that will help us know how many green cards are being wasted each year.

How do you think that green cards are wasted?

Plenty of studies around the topic that USCI wastes a lot of green cards by sheer incompetence.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by raincom »

YukonMoose wrote: post #82
raincom wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why have not you applied for EB-5 regional centers, since you have that kind of money? You would have green card by now, had you taken that route. Regional center eb-5 requires $500k. Otherwise, $1M with the proof that 10 Americans are employed.

This process is a bit of a scammy to say the least. I can understand why people would want nothing to do with it. Apart from the suit of sleazy law firms that offer to “help”,similar to other visas the us applies a quota per nationality, with waiting times of many years depending on where you are from. Unless you have $500k to throw away it is not a viable option as far as I could see. https://www.wsj.com/articles/re…

For people born in certain countries like China, it is indeed a bad deal, due to per-country quota. Yes, there are scams. A Chinese attorney couple in California got busted.

USCIS mandates that the investment (in this case, $500K) should be at risk.

However, if one has $1M to invest and create 10 jobs for two years, this pipeline hasn't exhausted per-country quota as yet. The GP makes enough money to go through this route. Buy a failing business in some area, run it for a loss and get the green card. Here, one doesn't need to deal with sleazy lawyers.

$7.25 per hr is the min wage in some states. $20K per year per job. 10 jobs per year = $200K. Run it until conditions are removed for the green card. Due to delays in gc processing, add one more year to 2 years conditional period. So, 3 years in total. The total cost: $200K * 3 = $600K.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by raincom »

minimaxir wrote: post #9
protomyth wrote: post #3

I like that they have the raw data at https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-studies/h-1b-employer-da...

Why is the file size of the 2018 data much smaller compared to the other full years? Are there that many fewer H-1Bs?

2018 data has 22502 rows; however, 2017 data has 55667 rows.
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