H-1B Visas: U.S. Lawmaker Re-Introduces Bill to Tighten Rules

Re:H-1B Visas: U.S. Lawmaker Re-Introduces Bill to Tighten R... by uiri on Monday January 09, 2017 @08:52PM (#13361859)

Since this might be relevant for some startup founders on here, I have a slight nitpick related to the 15% number. There are still thresholds for employers with 50 or fewer employees.

    Total Employees | threshold to be classified a H-1B dependent employer
    25 or fewer     | more than 7 H-1B immigrants
    26 - 50         | more than 12 H-1B immigrants
    51 or more      | at least 15% of total employees

Note the discontinuity at 50/51 - 8 is over 15% of 51.

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Re:H-1B Visas: U.S. Lawmaker Re-Introduces Bill to Tighten R... by throwaway729 on Monday January 09, 2017 @09:06PM (#13361928)

> Note the discontinuity at 50/51 - 8 is over 15% of 51.

Wow, that's really terribly designed and risks creating a disincentive to growth for companies that would otherwise be growing quickly. Someone should write their Congresspeople about this discontinuity.

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