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Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by throwaway082729 »

raincom wrote: post #64
throwaway082729 wrote: post #59

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I'm strongly considering that. 17 years in the US, $550k in annual pay, $750k+ in taxes paid in the last 15 years, American-born kid but I still don't have the freedom to switch jobs at ease or even take a break between jobs, start my own business or work at a small startup, take part-time jobs from advising companies, rent my place out on Airbnb, etc. My wife, who teaches special needs kids, cannot work soon after H…

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.

I don't want to risk $500k on this. Would rather go back and invest it in my home country. It's also a scam and I don't want to get my GC this way.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by wierdstuff »

raincom wrote: post #110
minimaxir wrote: post #9

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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.

The file labeled 2019 contains 22,502 rows and the fiscal 2019 year is not yet complete. The file labeled 2018 is the one that contains 55,667 rows.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by mastox »

amrx431 wrote: post #105
mastox wrote: post #32

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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?

The company has a US office and a Toronto office, but disjoint teams. He is still part of the US team, working remote (i.e. given a desk) in the Toronto office.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by raincom »

wierdstuff wrote: post #112
raincom wrote: post #110

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

The file labeled 2019 contains 22,502 rows and the fiscal 2019 year is not yet complete. The file labeled 2018 is the one that contains 55,667 rows.

Well, right now (April 3, 2019), USCIS is accepting applications for 2020. Just decrement by 1 to get the calendar year.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by omegaworks »

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #76
omegaworks wrote: post #17

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For this reason it's critically important to push back when this administration claims to only care about illegality . They are slow walking all immigrants, focusing the brunt of their enforcement activity on black and brown folks, up to and including turning people away from self-deportation processes if they present as white. It is a coordinated effort to delay demographic shifts.

The US has no obligation to provide benefits and services to non-citizens. If the guest worker program wasn't being horribly abused it would be worthwhile. As it stands, H1-B needs a wholesale revision to serve its stated goals.

>The US has no obligation to provide benefits and services to non-citizens.

The conversation is not about about benefits and services to non-citizens, but about whether enforcement is being targeted at specific immigrant populations based on white supremacist ideologies. It is about the false, widely circulated talking-point that this administration simply seeks to push people toward legal pathways.

>If the guest worker program wasn't being horribly abused it would be worthwhile.

This is a claim that requires justification. Any tiered labor system that does not guarantee a level legal playing field for all workers is abusable.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by econdataus »

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?

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 2009 through 2018 at http://econdataus.com/h1bhub_status_09_18.png . As you can see, initial and continuing approvals (I.A. and C.A.) are down slightly in 2018 and the denials (I.D. and C.D.) are up slightly. You can generate this graph by going to the application at https://labor.shinyapps.io/h1bhub/ , changing Start Year to 2009, clicking the Submit button, and then clicking the Plot tab. It may take 20 or 30 seconds to generate. This application uses the USCIS data that we are discussing.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by econdataus »

raincom wrote: post #115
wierdstuff wrote: post #112

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The file labeled 2019 contains 22,502 rows and the fiscal 2019 year is not yet complete. The file labeled 2018 is the one that contains 55,667 rows.

Well, right now (April 3, 2019), USCIS is accepting applications for 2020. Just decrement by 1 to get the calendar year.

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 larger. Ignore it for now.
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