Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn

Re:Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn by foldr on Saturday January 14, 2017 @07:30PM (#13401535)

You're saying there was a major change to the H1B rules, and that Obama then reversed this change, and that there is no reference to this anywhere?

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Re:Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn by suryacom on Saturday January 14, 2017 @07:40PM (#13401582)

They were allowed to move out of H1B visa to EAD status (non-visa legal status). The same legal status DACA recipients got from Obama administration. So, technically nothing was changed to the H1B rule.

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Re:Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn by foldr on Saturday January 14, 2017 @07:45PM (#13401606)

Broadly speaking, this is allowed now, no? There is a route to an EAD for H1B holders (and various advantages and disadvantages to each).

https://www.murthy.com/2012/10/26/using-the-ead-as-an-option...

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Re:Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn by suryacom on Saturday January 14, 2017 @10:10PM (#13402085)

80% of the H1B holders today are from India. And they cannot reach that step; because the wait time to reach there (485-EAD) is 70+ years.

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Re:Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn by suryacom on Sunday January 15, 2017 @10:04AM (#13404265)

mavelikara's comment blow has the references to Bush's changes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13402891

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Re:Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn by foldr on Sunday January 15, 2017 @11:36AM (#13404743)

Yeah, I saw that. But the way you initially described them was very inaccurate.

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Re:Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn by suryacom on Sunday January 15, 2017 @11:54AM (#13404841)

Yeah, if I had said Bush made "the priority date current" so that H1B could file 485-EAD; I don't think anyone would understand what that mean.

So, I tried to keep it simple by mentioning "job mobility".

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