Re:H-1B Willful Violator List of Employers
by mynameisvlad on Thursday May 05, 2016 @11:09AM
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This isn't fully correct. For most Canadians, for example, the H1B is the stepping stone between the TN (a nonresident-only status) and EBX. You can certainly get an employment based visa on a TN, but the process is complicated, has many rules and restrictions, and is just a whole lot more simple with a H1B.
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It's possible yes. But I think Canada is a special case considering all the special rules that exist between the US and Canada.
An H1B may be "simpler", but considering the lottery stats it's far from being a given. I surely am glad I got mine a while ago before the H1B program became so crazy, with the CAP being reached in literally hours.
Re:H-1B Willful Violator List of Employers
by mynameisvlad on Thursday May 05, 2016 @12:42PM
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1 in 3 (last year) or 1 in 4 (this year) isn't too horrible when you have a few years to apply before they stop issuing TN(/OPT) extensions. That said, you could get crazy unlucky and not get it each time, in which case, that would really suck. You do have other avenues at that point at some companies, like going the L-1 route, but you'd still have to move.