500k people applying for 85k slots. H1B is tending to be a GC lottery
Should be a merit based system. Trump mandated high salaries for these roles.
Stocks are not counted by usics. Based on base salaries, most won't qualify
Should be salary based at the very least. The problem isn't the faang equivalent employees working on the H1b (they are usually the technically smart workers). The problem is the WITCH companies which underpay and oversponsor h1bs.
GC lottery was 9M applicants 15 years ago. Nowadays even higher.
Is still a big chunk concentrated on Indian outsourcing firms? I recall they might have same applicant under different companies. So the number of persons might be lower.
This time, USCIS is considering reach applicant only once irrespective how many applications they have. That's why the total number is nearly 40% down from last year.
It’s time to stop all new H1B , there are lot of skilled people in US
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Raise the filing fee from 10 to 500, and the issue would be solved. Most of these applications are from outside the country from TCS/Infosys etc to secure H1 spots to send folks onsite.
May help little bit - .this would only help USCIS bag more money
Not really. WITCH companies drop an application on every lead/manager level employee's name to get as many slots as they can. Their headcount is massive.That's where half the applications come from. They can do it today because the application fee is minimal.
Just remove contractors/consultants and keep it for full time employees. The number will come down automatically.
They need to do atleast 2 things: 1)!Salary based points - bring in the previous proposal 2) Give preference to those already in US, paying taxes
They shud shut down the program temporarily and do it right. 1 option - Publish a list of top 250 American HQ firms and top 100 American schools. Only applicants from these schools or employers get to apply. Everyone else goes at the back of the line and can compete for the remaining slots Rampant abuse by shady consulting firms, and people with real case with good schools and big tech employers have to suffer.
Not about the shutting down part, but agree with the rest.
No one would ever agree on the top schools.