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Re:Judge sends two to prison for 7 years for H-1B fraud by surfmike on Sunday June 05, 2016 @11:14PM (#11844427)
One thing that helps at least is that the H1B lottery cap doesn't apply to students who got a graduate degree in the US. ie there are unlimited H1B visas for people in that boat.
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Re:Judge sends two to prison for 7 years for H-1B fraud by ninja_to_be on Sunday June 05, 2016 @11:42PM (#11844505)
It is not unlimited, but there is a separate lottery for 20,000 visas for advanced degree holders.
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Re:Judge sends two to prison for 7 years for H-1B fraud by khare_ashwini on Monday June 06, 2016 @01:31AM (#11844847)
...and the unselected ones from this lot get one more chance in the general pool of 65000
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Re:Judge sends two to prison for 7 years for H-1B fraud by chime on Sunday June 05, 2016 @11:22PM (#11844458)
Is that already a law?
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