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Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by Tyrek »

Bhilai wrote: post #24
raincom wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

USCIS is delaying every immigration application--not just H1b stuff. Even though there is no explicit policy to delay applications, I heard officers are told to delay. Since there is no backlash, it is going to be like that for a while.

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.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by mastox »

Bhilai wrote: post #24
raincom wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

USCIS is delaying every immigration application--not just H1b stuff. Even though there is no explicit policy to delay applications, I heard officers are told to delay. Since there is no backlash, it is going to be like that for a while.

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.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by dhruvrrp »

Bhilai wrote: post #24
raincom wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

USCIS is delaying every immigration application--not just H1b stuff. Even though there is no explicit policy to delay applications, I heard officers are told to delay. Since there is no backlash, it is going to be like that for a while.

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 ?

If you talk to H1B people in the bay a lot of them are in the planning stage to go back to their home country/countries with better immigration laws (Canada, some European countries).

But in the end giving up that valley $$$ is not easy for everyone.

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by acolytic »

hammock wrote: post #12

Some initial analysis- Of the top 20 employers, the average approval rate was 76%. Most of the employers are outsourcing subcontractors or accounting firms. But there were five employers in the top 20 with 90%+ approval rates: Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple.

Just to add some context to this since I was a bit confused. The H-1B goes through the lottery to see which applications get seen by immigration. This seems to be the approval rates of the H-1B after the lottery which makes sense. The FAANG applications are probably mostly legit. 90% acceptance rate for an H-1B before lottery though seemed a little high :)

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by tyingq »

hammock wrote: post #12

Some initial analysis- Of the top 20 employers, the average approval rate was 76%. Most of the employers are outsourcing subcontractors or accounting firms. But there were five employers in the top 20 with 90%+ approval rates: Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple.

Some companies have more initial denials than approvals. For 2019, DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP, Initial Approvals: 298, Initial Denials: 564

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by redindian75 »

morsmodr wrote: post #18
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 am a front-end developer on an H1 visa. There is a reason for the slowdown. A lot of companies, Indian IT or consultancy firms in the US are abusing the H1 visa process. They use lawyers and high sounding words to make roles such as functional/manual tester or other non-critical non-STEM roles to sound as technical STEM based roles. IMHO these roles can be easily done by American locals without STEM or technical ba…

>But the premise of H1 is to provide visa for people with skills that the American market doesn't have.

how does that square with

>I am a front-end developer on an H1 visa.

So let me get this straight, other immigrant's jobs can be easily done by locals with minimal training, hence it is a scam. BUT your 'front-end skills' are so unique that no other American can do it?

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by nraynaud »

raincom wrote: post #16
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-…

USCIS is delaying every immigration application--not just H1b stuff. Even though there is no explicit policy to delay applications, I heard officers are told to delay. Since there is no backlash, it is going to be like that for a while.

Of course there are explicit policies, here is an example: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/18/2016-27...

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by johntitor1 »

Tyrek wrote: post #29
morsmodr wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am a front-end developer on an H1 visa. There is a reason for the slowdown. A lot of companies, Indian IT or consultancy firms in the US are abusing the H1 visa process. They use lawyers and high sounding words to make roles such as functional/manual tester or other non-critical non-STEM roles to sound as technical STEM based roles. IMHO these roles can be easily done by American locals without STEM or technical ba…

I feel like there's a misreading of the premise of the H-1B program here. If you'll refer to the USCIS website here [0], you'll note that the main prerequisites for the H-1B visa are a) Educated or Licensed b) Paid on par to American workers c) Not impacting the pay of American workers Upon review, it's apparent that the 'visa for people with skills that the American market doesn't have' argument doesn't fly - the re…

Just curious, isn't the purpose of outsourcing not only to import workers with unavailable talent but also to import workers when there's a shortage of local workers?

How does it apply to tech?

Re: H-1B Employer Data Hub

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Post by kelnos »

Bhilai wrote: post #24
raincom wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

USCIS is delaying every immigration application--not just H1b stuff. Even though there is no explicit policy to delay applications, I heard officers are told to delay. Since there is no backlash, it is going to be like that for a while.

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 think some are indeed going back.

Others have fallen prey to the sunk-cost fallacy ("I've been waiting for 10+ years; it'll feel like I waste if I give up now").

And still others value the ability to work in the US over other countries (though I would judge that value to have decreased in the past couple years).

Some will just still stop at nothing to eventually be able to hold a US passport, especially if they come from a country where their own passport is much less useful internationally.

And I imagine some have also settled down and had kids in the time they've been here, waiting, and don't want to uproot their family.

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