H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of visa population in U.S.
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#2"estimate"? How can they not know exactly how many people have H1bs?
Re: H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of visa population in U.S.
#3"estimate"? How can they not know exactly how many people have H1bs?
FTA: Citizenship and Immigration said in its report that coming up with a number for H-1Bs living in the U.S. “is complex, as no electronic data system tracks or houses this information.”
A scream emoji seems appropriate...
Re: H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of visa population in U.S.
#4"estimate"? How can they not know exactly how many people have H1bs?
FTA: Citizenship and Immigration said in its report that coming up with a number for H-1Bs living in the U.S. “is complex, as no electronic data system tracks or houses this information.” A scream emoji seems appropriate...
You want the government to be more effective and efficient at tracking people?
Re: H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of visa population in U.S.
#5"estimate"? How can they not know exactly how many people have H1bs?
They know how many have h1bs, but not how many of them are actually in the US. Which is just amazing. We need to bend over and let them take our privacy away so they can fight the terrorists apparently, but the same government doesnt even keep track of how many h1b holders are in the country? If the data of who every citizen is calling on their phones is so important for national security- how is it not worth the government's time to collect and analyze data to figure out who is actually in the country?
Re: H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of visa population in U.S.
#6"estimate"? How can they not know exactly how many people have H1bs?
FTA: Citizenship and Immigration said in its report that coming up with a number for H-1Bs living in the U.S. “is complex, as no electronic data system tracks or houses this information.” A scream emoji seems appropriate...
So when a H1b holder enters the US with their H1b, there is no way for the border official to know if it's real? That seems impossible to me.
Re: H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of visa population in U.S.
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
FTA: Citizenship and Immigration said in its report that coming up with a number for H-1Bs living in the U.S. “is complex, as no electronic data system tracks or houses this information.” A scream emoji seems appropriate...
You want the government to be more effective and efficient at tracking people?
well if they claim the H1b program is abused, you bet I'd want them to have real data to report that
Re: H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of visa population in U.S.
#8"estimate"? How can they not know exactly how many people have H1bs?
FTA: Citizenship and Immigration said in its report that coming up with a number for H-1Bs living in the U.S. “is complex, as no electronic data system tracks or houses this information.” A scream emoji seems appropriate...
Of course it exists. It's called an I-94. DHS has that info.
Every single foreigner is assigned a unique alien number and tracks your entry and exit into the country.
They just don't want to deal with connecting information from two different departments.
Re: H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of visa population in U.S.
#9"estimate"? How can they not know exactly how many people have H1bs?
They know how many have h1bs, but not how many of them are actually in the US. Which is just amazing. We need to bend over and let them take our privacy away so they can fight the terrorists apparently, but the same government doesnt even keep track of how many h1b holders are in the country? If the data of who every citizen is calling on their phones is so important for national security- how is it not worth the gov…
Especially since the government gets from all non-immigrants:
- Common carrier arrival manifests.
- Visa stamp process arrival record and I-94 issuance. [4]
- US-VISIT biometrics collection on arrival. [2]
- Form I-9 when starting a new job. [3]
- Form AR-11 every time they move. [1]
- Common carrier departure manifests.
- Tax returns.
As far as I can tell the only people who "sneak out" do so by crossing the border into Canada and the US should have access to that data from Canadian authorities after the fact also.
[1] https://www.uscis.gov/ar-11
[2] https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/usvisit/usvisit_edu_trav...
Re: H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of visa population in U.S.
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
FTA: Citizenship and Immigration said in its report that coming up with a number for H-1Bs living in the U.S. “is complex, as no electronic data system tracks or houses this information.” A scream emoji seems appropriate...
Of course it exists. It's called an I-94. DHS has that info. Every single foreigner is assigned a unique alien number and tracks your entry and exit into the country. They just don't want to deal with connecting information from two different departments.
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